Própolis vermelha, uma proposta farmacológica: revisão sistemática das atividades biológicas

Abstract

Propolis is a resin produced by bees of the species Apis mellifera from various parts of plants. Recently it was verified that the bees mainly collected the red resinous exudate from Dalbergia ecastophyllum (L) Taub for the formation of Brazilian red propolis. In this work, a bibliographic research was proposed and a systematic review on the pharmacological activities of Brazilian red propolis was presented. For this, a bibliographic survey was performed in the databases PubMed, Google academic, LILACS and Scielo, between February 15 and 20, 2017. The descriptors used were "Brazilian red propolis", "Pharmacological activities red própolis” AND “Red Propolis ". No limits were set regarding the language, considering for analysis works performed in the period from 2006 to 2016. Of the studies analyzed, 73 were selected and address the use of red propolis as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, healing, leshimanicidal, neuroprotective and antiatherogenic. The evaluation of these studies suggests that more studies on the pharmacodynamics and toxicity of red propolis are needed to enjoy its medicinal benefits more safely.