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Capacidad antioxidante y aplicaciones terapéuticas de la miel: beneficios para la salud, actividad antimicrobiana y
Ivana Tlak Gajger1, Showket Ahmad Dar2, Mohamed Morsi M Ahmed3,4
1Department for Biology and Pathology of Fish and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 28, 2025
Resumen
La miel, rica en compuestos bioactivos, ofrece importantes beneficios antioxidantes. Este producto natural ayuda a prevenir enfermedades relacionadas con el estrés oxidativo y favorece la salud en general.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica
- Ciencias de la alimentación
- Farmacología
Sus antecedentes:
- La miel es un producto natural de las abejas con una larga historia de consumo.
- El interés científico por las propiedades antioxidantes y los componentes bioactivos de la miel está creciendo.
- Estos componentes incluyen ácidos fenólicos, flavonoides, enzimas y vitaminas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para revisar los efectos antioxidantes de la miel.
- Presentar pruebas del papel de la miel en la prevención de enfermedades relacionadas con el estrés oxidativo.
- Para resaltar el potencial de la miel como alimento funcional y suplemento dietético.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de la literatura de los estudios clínicos y experimentales.
- Análisis de los compuestos bioactivos de la miel y sus acciones sinérgicas.
- Examen de los efectos de la miel en diversas condiciones de salud.
Principales resultados:
- La miel posee una capacidad antioxidante significativa debido a sus compuestos bioactivos.
- La evidencia apoya el papel de la miel en la protección cardiovascular, la prevención del cáncer y los efectos antiinflamatorios.
- La miel demuestra beneficios en el control glucémico, la modulación inmune, la neuroprotección y la cicatrización de heridas.
Conclusiones:
- La miel es un alimento funcional valioso para prevenir y controlar las enfermedades crónicas.
- Las variaciones en la composición de la miel presentan desafíos para la estandarización y la investigación.
- Se necesita más investigación para dilucidar los mecanismos, estandarizar los compuestos y explorar los efectos sinérgicos.
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