Effects of bee venom on Parkinson's disease

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1 university of guilan

2 Department of Biotechnology, Animal Science Research Institute of Iran (ASRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran

Abstract

Bee venom has been considered as a healing medicine since ancient times. In fact, bee therapy (treatment with bee products) has been a common term in past civilizations. Parkinson's disease is one of the progressive neurological disorder. One of the pathological reasons for this neurological disease is the destruction of nerve cells that contain a chemical substance called dopamine, which is produced from certain nuclei in the brain called the substantia nigra. The messages from this chemical are sent from the brain to the motor muscles. Therefore, when a person suffers from Parkinson's disease, the amount of dopamine release decreases step by step and we will see numerous movement problems in the person. Since the worsening process of this disease takes place slowly, therefore, using a suitable treatment process will greatly help the sick person to have a minimal normal life. In numerous studies, countless therapeutic effects of bee venom have been stated in relation to arthritis, neurological, heart, skin and cancer diseases. Therefore, according to the reduction effects that bee venom had on the symptoms of neurological diseases including Parkinson's, we decided to review the studies done on the potential effects of bee venom on Parkinson's disease.

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Honeybee Science Journal
Volume 13, Issue 25
March 2023
Pages 32-38

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