Production of bioactive honey from medicinal plants

ISBN-13: 9786139446674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 256 str.

Hanaa Yamani

Opis

This project is part of the global trend in functional food research and focuses on forming links between two important medicinal natural products for human health; medicinal plants and honey. The principal objective of this project was to produce a novel bioactive honey from medicinal plants using both conventional and alternative honey production methods under highly controlled conditions. The end result of the study is a novel medicinal scientifically-validated honey, produced from a medicinal plant with high bioactivities. This product could, potentially, add value to the therapeutic properties of both, the honey and medicinal plant industries. The value of honey may be increased if it is a scientifically-validated bioactive commodity. Medicinal plant growers will acquire a second income from the same plants. The pollen substitute developed by this project provides a complex mixture which includes proteins, minerals, carbohydrates, and other nutrients to provide sufficient amounts of the requirements to enhance multiple generations of bees, which may help to overcome the serious issue of the dramatic decrease in numbers of bees worldwide.

O autorze

Yamani, Hanaa
Dr. Hanaa Abbas Yamani received her Bachelor Degree of Biology from King Abdul-Aziz Univ. in 2005, Master Degree of Biotechnology from RMIT Univ. in 2011 and Doctor Degree of Philosophy from School of Applied Biotechnology, College of Science Engineering and Health,RMIT Univ. in 2015. She is currently Assistant Professor at Univ. of Jeddah.