The immunostimulatory effects and chemical characteristics of heated honey
The immunostimulatory effects and chemical characteristics of heated honey
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加热蜂蜜的免疫刺激作用和化学特性
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2018.09.019
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Makino Toshiaki
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文献类型:
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作者:
Ota Misato;Ishiuchi Kan’ichiro;Xu Xin;Minami Masaaki;Nagachi Yasutaka;Yagi-Utsumi Maho;Tabuchi Yoshiaki;Cai Shao-Qing;Makino Toshiaki
Ethnopharmacological relevanceIn traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), honey has been used as an additive in the heat-processing of herbal medicines to enhance their immunostimulatory activities.Aim of the studyWe investigated the immunostimulatory activity of heated honeyin vitroandin vivo.Materials and methodsFor thein vitrostudy, we compared the differences among the inducible effects of honey subjected to various heating conditions on granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) secretion from the cultured enterocytes and investigated the active ingredient. For thein vivostudy, we conducted a survival test of mice infected byStreptococcus pyogeneswith and without oral administration of heated honey.ResultsWe found that heating the honey induced the appearance of G-CSF secretions from the cultured enterocytes, and that this appearance depended on the heating temperature and time. No G-CSF secretions appeared when honey was not heated. Mice infected withStreptococcus pyogenesthat were fed heated honey revealed prolonged survival. The active ingredient in heated honey was a high-molecular compound with about 730 kDa. When this compound was hydrolyzed, galactose, glucose, rhamnose,α-ribofuranoseβ-ribofuranose 1,5′:1′,5-dianhydride, and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural were generated.ConclusionsHeated honey reveals immunostimulatory activity bothin vitroandin vivo. These results support the scientific evidences of the TCM theory.