Anticancer Activity in Honeybee Propolis: Functional Insights to the Role of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester and Its Complex With γ-Cyclodextrin

Besides honey, honeybees make a sticky substance (called propolis/bee glue) by mixing saliva with poplar tree resin and other botanical sources. It is known to be rich in bioactivities of which the anticancer activity is most studied. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) is a key anticancer component...

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Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Ishida PhD, Ran Gao PhD, Navjot Shah PhD, Priyanshu Bhargava MS, Takahiro Furune PhD, Sunil C. Kaul PhD, Keiji Terao PhD, Renu Wadhwa PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Integrative Cancer Therapies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735417753545