Apitherapy for Osteoarthritis: Perspectives from Basic Research

Osteoarthritis is one of the most common rheumatic disease in the world and one of the leading causes of disability in the elderly. There is still no curative management for the disease, so the search for new therapeutic alternatives continues. -Apitherapy is a therapeutic tool based on the use of b...

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Published in:	Complementary medicine research Vol. 27; no. 3; p. 184
Main Authors:	Jagua-Gualdrón, Andrés, Peña-Latorre, José Adolfo, Fernadez-Bernal, Roger Edwin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland 2020
Subjects:	Apitherapy - methods Humans Osteoarthritis - therapy Complementary and alternative medicine Bee venom Osteoarthritis Beehive Apitherapy
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Summary:	Osteoarthritis is one of the most common rheumatic disease in the world and one of the leading causes of disability in the elderly. There is still no curative management for the disease, so the search for new therapeutic alternatives continues. -Apitherapy is a therapeutic tool based on the use of beehive products used since ancient times and, at present, their mechanism of action begins to be known. Many of the mechanisms of action of the beehive products are useful for chronic articular pathophysiological processes such as those described in osteoarthritis. This article presents a review of the current state of understanding of the mechanisms through which bee venom, propolis, honey, pollen, and royal jelly may act on osteoarthritis.
ISSN:	2504-2106
DOI:	10.1159/000505015