Research Catalog

Title

Bee products : properties, applications, and apitherapy / edited by Avshalom Mizrahi and Yaacov Lensky.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• International Conference on Bee Products: Properties, Applications, and Apitherapy (1996 : Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Lensky, Yaacov.
• Mizrahi, A.

Description

xi, 269 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Bee Venoms > pharmacology
• Bee Venoms > therapeutic use
• Congress
• Honey
• Bee products > Therapeutic use > Congresses
• Bee products > Physiological effect > Congresses
• Propolis

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of an International Conference on Bee Products: Properties, Applications, and Apitherapy, held May 26-30, 1996, in Tel Aviv, Israel"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. The Past and Present Importance of Bee Products to Man / Eva Crane -- 2. Bee Products: Chemical Composition and Application / Justin O. Schmidt -- 3. Honey as an Antimicrobial Agent / P. C. Molan -- 4. Non-Peroxide Antibacterial Activity of Honey / Stefan Bogdanov -- 5. Antioxidant Properties of Honey Produced by Bees Fed with Medical Plant Extracts / Gennady Rosenblat, Stephane Angonnet and Alexandr Goroshit [et al.] -- 6. Speeding Up the Healing of Burns with Honey: An Experimental Study with Histological Assessment of Wound Biopsies / Th. J. Postmes, M. M. C. Bosch and R. Dutrieux [et al.] -- 7. The Effect of Honey on Human Tooth Enamel and Oral Bacteria / S. R. Grobler and N. J. Basson -- 8. Honey Contact with Teeth in Situ / I. Gedalia, S. R. Grobler and I. Grizim [et al.] -- 9. Medicinal Herbs as a Potential Source of High-Quality Honeys / Zohara Yaniv and Michal Rudich --
• 10. The Unique Properties of Honey as Related to Its Application in Food Processing / Tsila Dvir -- 11. Honey as a Clarifying and Anti-browning in Food Processing and a New Method of Mead Production / Chang Y. Lee -- 12. Bee-Pollen: Composition, Properties, and Applications / M. G. Campos, A. Cunha and K. R. Markham -- 13. Clinical Evaluation of a New Hypoallergic Formula of Propolis in Dressings / W. Fierro Morales and J. Lopez Garbarino -- 14. Present State of Basic Studies on Propolis in Japan / Tsuguo Yamamoto -- 15. The Usage and Composition of Propolis Added Cosmetics in Korea / Park Jong-Sung and Woo Kun-Suk -- 16. Eucalyptus Propolis Beverages with Their Composition and Effects / Woo Kun-Suk and Park Jong-Sung -- 17. An Inhibitory Effect of Propolis on Germination and Cell Division in the Root Tips of Wheat Seedlings / K. Sorkun, S. Bozcuk and A. N. Gomurgen [et al.] --
• 18. The Exocrine Glands of the Honey Bees: Their Structure and Secretory Products / Pierre Cassier and Yaacov Lensky -- 19. Alarm Pheromones of the Queen and Worker Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) / Yaacov Lensky and Pierre Cassier -- 20. Protein Traffic between Body Compartments of the Female Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) / Yoseph Rakover and Yaacov Lensky -- 21. Effects of Feeding, Age of the Larvae, and Queenlessness on the Production of Royal Jelly / Nuray Sahinler and Osman Kaftanoglu -- 22. The Use of Royal Jelly during Treatment of Childhood Malignancies / Osman Kaftanoglu and Atilla Tanyeli -- 23. The Role of Hymenopterous Venoms in Nature / Eli Zlotkin -- 24. Effect of Apamin and Melittin on Ion Channels and Intracellular Calcium of Heart Cells / G. Bkaily, M. Simaan and D. Jaalouk [et al.] -- 25. Bee Venom in Treatment of Chronic Diseases / Th. Cherbuliez -- 26. Apitherapy in Orthopaedic Diseases / Franco Feraboli --
• 27. The Monitoring of Possible Biological and Chemical Contaminants in Bee Products / Boris A. Yakobson -- 28. Heavy Metals in Propolis: Practical and Simple Procedures to Reduce the Lead Level in the Brazilian Propolis / Nivia Macedo Freire Alcici -- 29. Acaricide Residues in Beeswax and Honey / S. Bogdanov, V. Kilchenmann and A. Imdorf -- 30. Judging the Quality of Honey by Sensory Analysis / Michel Gonnet -- 31. Methods for the Characterization of the Botanical and Geographical Origin of Some Bee Products and for Their Quality Control / Giancarlo Ricciardelli D'Albore.

ISBN

0306455021

LCCN

96051895

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries