In vitro antioxidant effect of propolis on vero cell culture [electronic resource].

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Propolis is a hive product containing chiefly beeswax and plant-derived substances and volatile substances. Propolis has been used for its antioxidant effect and other actions. The present work was planned to investigate the antioxidant effect of propolis on VERO cell eultnre exposed either to H,O, for two hours or to serum deprivation for forty eight hours. The obtained results revealed that, propolis can protect VERO cell culture from cell deformation or growth reduction in vitro, where it significantly inhibited cell toxicity induced by either two hrs exposure H,O, or 48 hrs serum deprivations. This result could be reclaimed to inhibition of the oxidative stress and scavenged free radicals by propolis in cell culture. So it could be concluded that, addition of propolis maintain the viability and enhance the growth of VERO cell culture.

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