Propolis and its therapeutic effects on renal diseases: A review
نویسندگان
1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Department of Physiology, faculty of medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
3 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
4 Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
5 Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
6 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
doi
10.22038/ijbms.2024.73081.15880چکیده
Propolis is produced by bees using a mixture of bees wax and saliva. It contains several bioactive compounds that mainly induce anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. In this review, we aimed to investigate the effects of propolis on kidney diseases. We used “Kidney”, “Disease”, “Propolis”, “Renal”, “Constituent”, “Mechanism”, “Infection”, and other related keywords as the main keywords to search for works published before July 2023 in Google scholar, Scopus, and Pubmed databases. The search terms were selected according to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). This review showed that propolis affects renal disorders with inflammatory and oxidative etiology due to its bioactive compounds, mainly flavonoids and polyphenols. There have been few studies on the effects of propolis on kidney diseases; nevertheless, the available studies are integrated in this review. Overall, propolis appears to be effective against several renal diseases through influencing mechanisms such as apoptosis, oxidative balance, and inflammation.
