Propolis is a kind of gum solid substance with fragrant smell, which is collected by bees from plant spores or tree trunks and processed by mixing it with the secretion of its palatal gland and wax gland. Propolis is an effective substance used by bees to maintain the health of the whole population, but the production of propolis is very low. A colony of 50000-60000 can only produce 70-110g propolis a year, which is known as "purple gold". 1. Anticancer mechanism of propolis
Propolis has a good anti-cancer effect. Its mechanism of action is mainly as follows: Propolis is an immune enhancer, which can stimulate the immune function and the activity of gamma globulin, increase the amount of antibody production, enhance the phagocytic ability of macrophages, so as to improve the resistance of the body and inhibit the growth of cancer cells; propolis contains quercetin, caffeic acid phenethyl ester, isoprene ester, rhamnetin and galangin And glycosides, polysaccharides and other substances, these substances have a good anti-cancer effect. One of the causes of cancer is the virus. When the virus invades the human body, it causes gene mutation, which leads to the malignant development of cancer gene in the cell. Therefore, generally, anti-virus active substances can be used for anti-cancer, while propolis has anti-virus effect, so it has certain anti-cancer activity. Propolis has strong anti-oxidation effect, which can effectively eliminate the damage of free radicals and reduce new ones Cancer cells are produced.
2. Anti cancer stories of propolis
In the late 1970s, David Terman, an American doctor, discovered in his clinical practice that several breast cancer patients who had received blood plasma had recovered unexpectedly. As we all know, plasma does not cure cancer. Dr. Ziman immediately went to the blood bank to check the source of plasma and found that these patients used the same batch of plasma, all from beekeepers. Terman has heard that beekeepers often eat propolis, so he suspects that propolis contains strong anti-cancer substances. After that, he specially treated a batch of plasma with propolis, and carried out experiments on dogs. After 12 hours of plasma input, the cancerous tumor on dogs actually appeared large area necrosis. This research result has a sensational effect, which has attracted the attention of the international medical community.
3. Foreign research
Dere and POPESCO (1965) used ethanol water emulsion extracted from propolis to observe the effect on Ehrlich ascites cancer cells in vitro, which proved that they had obvious inhibition on cancer cell nucleus and cytoplasm. Derevici and soru et al. (1972) observed the inhibitory effect of propolis ethanol water emulsion on Ehrlich ascites cancer cells in mice. Hhdov et al (19go) determined the cytotoxic effects of propolis extracts from different solvents on human NPC and cervical cancer cell lines. It was pointed out that the ether extract, butanol extract and ethyl acetate extract of propolis showed the strongest inhibitory effects on the growth of cancer cells. Ban et al. (1983) tested the killing effect of propolis extract on cervical cancer cell lines. When the concentration of propolis extract was 10mg / ml, the growth ability of cancer cells was inhibited by 50%. Dr. Yoshiya Matsuno, National Institute of prevention and health of Japan, has proved that after taking propolis, cancer cells can not only disappear, but also reduce the side effects caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
4. Domestic research
Renjun'e and song Aiqing (1992) of Shanxi workers' hospital in China used propolis propylene glycol solution made in China to culture sarcoma cells and Ehrlich cancer cells in vitro. The results showed that propolis had obvious inhibitory effect on the growth of sarcoma cells and Ehrlich cancer cells, suggesting that propolis might be a new anti-tumor drug. Liu Fuhai et al. (1998) showed that propolis can significantly inhibit the growth of liver cancer and gastric cancer cells at very low concentrations. More exciting, please pay attention to honey paradise. Gao Youling, Hu Fuliang, et al. (2003) of School of animal science, Zhejiang University, found that propolis, bee pollen and royal jelly have good antitumor effects in the comparative research results. The antitumor rates of propolis, bee pollen and royal jelly are 79.92%, 69.03% and 75.83% respectively. Propolis has the highest antitumor rate. For patients with gastric acid deficiency or atrophic gastritis, they should take honey immediately after taking honey water; for those with neurasthenia, honey can promote sleep. Honey consumption can be more or less, generally used for treatment when the dosage is slightly larger, health care when the appropriate amount is reduced, children reduce.