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INHIBITION PROPERTIES OF CLINICALLY IMPORTANT ENZYMES IN WOUND HEALING BY BEE VENOM
Merve Keskin, Saban Keskin, Semiramis Karlidag

M. Keskin¹*, S. Keskin², S. Karlidag³

¹ Vocational School of Health Services, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Türkiye,
² Vocational School of Health Services, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Türkiye,
³ Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Akcadag Vocational School, Malatya, Türkiye,

Corresponding Author: merveozdemirkeskin@gmail.com
Page Number(s): 1073-1080
Published Online First: July 16, 2024
Publication Date: August 25, 2024
ABSTRACT

Apitherapy has importance in traditional and complementary medicine practices, including applications made by directly or functionalizing honey, pollen, propolis, bee venom, and bee bread (perga) obtained from honey bee colonies. Bee venom is preferred by apitherapists and is directly applied to the body from the bee sting or used in crystalline form. Apitoxin is a product that is formed in the venom bag of bees and contains mainly apamin, melittin, MCD-peptide, hyaluronidase, histamine, and phospholipase A2. Due to its these active ingredients, bee venom is effective in arthritis, central and peripheral nervous system diseases, respiratory diseases, gastroenterology, cardiovascular system diseases, eye diseases, skin diseases, urology, endocrinology, cancer diseases, and using it in the cosmetics industry is very popular. Although bee venom is widely used directly or indirectly in apitherapy applications, it is not possible to use standardized bee venom as a drug. In this study, the amount of total protein, melittin, and phospholipase A2 amounts of bee venom samples were determined and their inhibition effects on collagenase and myeloperoxidase enzymes were examined. The mean amounts of phospholipase A2, apamin, and melittin contained in bee venom samples were found to be 46.38%±0.10%, 2.19±0.11%, and 12.46±0.19%, respectively. It was determined that bee venom samples inhibited the collagenase enzyme by more than 50%. It shows that bee venom has an inhibitory effect on clinically important enzymes. However, it is necessary to conduct allergy tests before the use of the bee venom directly.

Keywords: Apis mellifera L., apitoxin, collagenase, myeloperoxidase, wound healing
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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