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. 2020 Nov 14;9(11):811. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9110811

Table 1.

Bee product compounds that exhibit antimicrobial activity.

Honey Propolis Royal Jelly Pollen Beebread Bee Venom
H2O2
[51,52]
Glucose oxidase
[53]
Methyl glyoxal
[54]
MRJPs
[55,56]
MRJPs [55]
Bee Defensin-1
(Royalisin)
[6,57]
AMPs
[58]
Bee defensin-1 (Royalisin)
[59]
Ex.L.V
[60]
Ex.L.V
[60]
Ex.L.V [60]
Jeleins
[61]
Polyphenols
[62,63]
Polyphenols
[62,63]
Polyphenols [64] Polyphenols
[62,63]
Polyphenols
[62,63]
Hydroxydecenoic acid derivatives
(10-HDA fatty acid)
[65,66]
Fatty acids
[67,68]
Fatty acids
[67,68]
1,2-Dicarbonyls
[6]
Alkaloids [69] Melitin
Phospholipase A2 [29]

(AMPs: antimicrobial peptides), (Ex.L.V: exosome-like vesicles), (MRJPs: Major Royal Jelly Proteins).