Table 2.
Basic components of bee venom and its medicinal properties.
| Component | Biological properties of Bee venom | References |
|---|---|---|
| Melittin | anticancer, anti-tumor, anti-angiogenesis, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, anti-microbial, anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory, anti-psychotic, anti-atherosclerosis, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, | (Bellik, 2015, Liu Cui-Cui et al., 2016, Rady et al., 2017, Aliyazicioglu, 2019) |
| Apamin | anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, analgesic | (Wehbe et al., 2019, Memariani et al., 2020) |
| Adolapin | anti-arthritic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, anti-nociceptive | (Ali, 2012, Wehbe et al., 2019) |
| MCD peptide | anti-inflammatory | (Komi et al., 2018) |
| Phospholipase A2 | anticancer, antiprotozoal, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anti-bacterial, anti-viral | (Oršolić, 2012, Lee and Bae, 2016a, Lee and Bae, 2016b, Hossen et al., 2017a, Hossen et al., 2017b) |
| Hyaluronidase | hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid | (Moreno and Giralt 2015) |
| Histamine | perviousness of blood vessels | (Moreno and Giralt 2015) |
| Lasioglossins | anti-microbial, cytotoxicity | (Azam et al., 2018) |