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. 2023 Feb 8;14:1048028. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1048028

Table 3.

List of beneficial properties of different SBH species.

SBH species Origin Biological activity (in vivo/ in vitro) Properties References
H.itama sp. Malaysia SBH can potentially improve cognitive performance by attenuating anxiety and improving the memory performance of high-carbohydrate high fructose (HCHF).
The effects of SBH and caffeic acid have comparable neuroprotective effects against HCHF-induced metabolic syndrome in the rat’s brain
Reduces anxiety, improves memory, Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory Arshad et al. (2020); Muhammad Abdul Kadar et al. (2022)
Malaysia SBH reduces the body weight, BMI, adiposity index and organ weight of a high-fat diet obese rat model. Also, SBH can regulate lipid metabolism and hepatoprotective effects in obese rats. Hepatoprotective Mohd Rafie et al. (2018)
Malaysia The study reported that SBH promotes the expression level of collagen type I and metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 in the cellular aging of human dermal fibroblast cells. Antiaging, antioxidant Abdul Malik et al. (2020)
Malaysia The study has reported that SBH inhibits the growth of malignant glioma cells. Antioxidant, anticancer Ahmad et al. (2019)
Malaysia SBH supplementation has the potential to improve spatial memory performances via BDNF signaling Improves memory, antioxidants Mustafa et al. (2019)
G.thoracica sp Malaysia SBH might have potential protective effects on the pancreas against streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced diabetic rats. Antidiabetic Aziz et al. (2017)
Tetragonula biroi sp Indonesia SBH able to reduce the body weight of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mellitus rats. This might be due to reduction of fats and protein formation. Antidiabetic Sahlan et al. (2020)
Trigona sp. Malaysia SBH has potential protective roles against LPS-induced rat model. SBH supplementation can potentially attenuate inflammation and oxidative stress via Nrf2, NF-κB and p38 MAPK signaling Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory Ranneh et al. (2019)
Malaysia SBH induces the cell viability of the lymphoblastoid cell line (LCL). The high concentration of phenolic and flavonoid compounds presents in SBH has a protective role against oxidative damage. Antioxidant Hazirah et al. (2019)
Malaysia SBH reduces DNA damages on autism-LCL. This might be due to the antioxidant in SBH thus, prevent oxidative damage. Antioxidant Nayan et al. (2020)
Malaysia SBH has protective effects against oxidative damage in hydrogen peroxide-induced in vitro model and inflammation in LPS-induced in vitro model. Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory Ooi et al. (2021)
Malaysia SBH has potential chemopreventive on colon cancer due to its high antioxidant Chemopreventive, antioxidant Saiful Yazan et al. (2016)
Malaysia SBH produces significant inhibitory effects by controlling the Escherichia coli cell culture growth. Antimicrobial Al Kafaween et al. (2019)
Malaysia SBH induces proliferation and has beneficial effects on the proliferation of dermal fibroblast cells. Therefore, has potential effects in promoting wound healing. Wound healing Nordin et al. (2018)
Malaysia Sbh has protective effects on spermatogenesis process in diabetic rats. Antioxidant Budin et al. (2017)