Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
II. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HEALTH "The Future of Health: Multidisciplinary Approaches" BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 26-28,, Çanakkale, Türkiye, 26 - 28 Mayıs 2021, ss.1-139
With the increasing of health problems in the current century, return to nature and organic products has gained speed every day. As a result of many studies on compounds isolated from macrofungi, it has been determined that they contain a large number and variety of bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, β-glucans, terpenoids, phenolic compounds, steroids and lectins, and these isolated compounds have been reported to be very promising therapeutic agents. As a result of this, "micotherapy", a mycological and interdisciplinary scientific field, was born in which the use of bioactive compounds and extracts obtained from medicinal mushrooms as health promoting agents were researched. As it is known, the healing properties of medicinal mushrooms have been used in Far Eastern countries, especially in Chinese medicine, since ancient times. One of them is Ganoderma lucidum, has become very popular in recent years and have many pharmacological effects such as antitumor, immunomodulator, antigenotoxic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hypocholesterolemic, antihypertensive, antihyperglycemic, as well as antiviral effects in combating viruses. In addition to this, "apitherapy", which is another traditional treatment method popular in the field of health, is defined as a complementary treatment method in which bee products such as honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee bread, bee venom, apilarnil and beeswax are used to protect people's health, prevent diseases, cure and make healing continuous. Propolis, one of these bee products; is a completely natural bee product that bees collect from the leaves, stems and buds of the plants. More than 400 substances have been identified in its structure, such as phenols, flavonoids, phenolic acids and their esters and flavones. It is especially used as an immunomodulator and supporter of the immune system, just like Ganoderma lucidum, as well as many pharmaceutical effects and used as a very strong shield against viruses.
In this review, the medicinal musroom Ganoderma lucidum and propolis, a bee product, are two natural products with antiviral properties due to the substances they contain and can provide significant contributions in combating viral diseases. However, more researches focusing on mycotherapy and apitherapy are needed to confirm whether these products and their compounds provide greater bioavailability alone or in combination.
Keywords: ganoderma lucidum, mycotherapy, propolis, apitherapy, antiviral effect