Bioactive Components and Effect Mechanism of Apilarnil

Year 2019, Volume: 60 Issue: 2, 125 - 130, 30.12.2019

Banu Yucel , Huseyin Sahın , Oktay Yıldız , Sevgi Kolaylı

https://doi.org/10.29185/hayuretim.591007

Cited By: 6

Abstract

Objective: Apilarnil is
a natural bee product produced from the drone larvae. It has highly beneficial
properties for both humans and animals. The chemical composition of the drone
larvae consists of mineral salts, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, and amino
acids. It has an influence on the function bio-stimulating
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis has a direct impact on the essential
measures of the genitalia function. The obtaining study was performed to reveal
the detail physico-chemical characterization of apilarnil.

Material and
Methods: In this study, a freshly harvested apilarnil sample from Turkey was
investigated in terms of the percentage of some physicochemical parameters
(moisture, ash, total lipid, total protein, and cholesterol), the level of some
hormones (estradiol, prolactin, progesterone, and testosterone), and the
characterization of some fatty acids.

Results: According
to the existing results; testosterone and progesterone were noted highly level
as 14.80±0.05 ng/g and 14.40±0.05 ng/g, respectively, moreover, conjugated
linoleic acid (52.62%) was defined as a marker of fatty acid by gas
chromatography.

Conclusion: The evaluating results showed that apilarnil could be seen as a remarkable
natural source thanks to its high-level bio-properties.

Keywords

Honey bee, drone bee larvae, steroid hormone, testosterone, fatty acid

Supporting Institution

All authors state that there isn't any conflict of interests.

Thanks

The authors are thankful to Lecturer Ebru Turk, for her technical assistance during the preparation of the manuscript.

Apilarnilin Biyoaktif Bileşenleri ve Etki Mekanizması

Abstract

Amaç:
Apilarnil, erkek arı larvalarından üretilen doğal bir arı ürünüdür. Hem insan
hem de hayvanlar için oldukça faydalı özelliklere sahiptir. Erkek arı
larvalarının kimyasal bileşimi, mineral tuzlar, vitaminler, karbohidratlar,
lipitler ve amino asitlerden meydana gelmektedir. Bu larvaların genital
fonksiyonun temel ölçümleri üzerinde doğrudan etkisi olan biyo-uyarıcı
hipotalamus-hipofiz-adrenal aks fonksiyonu üzerinde etkisi vardır. Mevcut
çalışma, apilarnilin detaylı fizikokimyasal karakterizasyonunu ortaya çıkarmak ortaya
çıkarmak adına tasarlanmıştır.

Materyal
ve Metot: Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'den taze hasat edilmiş
apilarnil örneği, bazı fizikokimyasal parametrelerin yüzdesi (nem, kül, toplam
lipit, toplam protein ve kolesterol), bazı hormonların seviyesi (östradiol, prolaktin,
progesteron ve testosteron) ve bazı yağ asitlerinin karakterizasyonu açısından
incelenmiştir.

Bulgular:
Edinilen sonuçlara göre; testosteron ve progesteron sırasıyla 14.80 ± 0.05 ng/g
ve 14.40±0.05 ng/g olarak yüksek düzeyde ölçüldü ve ayrıca konjuge linoleik
asit (%52.62) gaz kromatografisi ile ana yağ asidi bileşeni olarak tanımlandı.

Sonuç:
Değerlendirme sonuçları, apilarnilin, yüksek seviyeli biyolojik özelliklerinden
dolayı kayda değer bir doğal kaynak olarak görülebileceği sonucunu ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

Bal arısı, erkek arı larvası, streoid hormon, testosteron, yağ asidi

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