Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential

Rajesh Kumar Jaryal · Younis Ahmad Hajam · Shamsher S. Kanwar

2026年3月 · Academic Press

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Little is known about honey's pleiotropic properties and medicinal potential. "Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential," begins with an overview of sustainable apiculture practices, methods of honey harvesting and quality testing found around the globe, and moves into exploring how honey, as a functional food, can optimize health, enhance nutrition, and aid in healing certain diseases. With a special emphasis on medical-grade and the pharmacological importance of honey, readers of "Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential," will gain insight to honey's bioavailability and the benefits of its antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, and antiaging properties. The book also highlights honey's effectiveness in fighting certain respiratory diseases, viral infections such as Covid-19, diabetes, allergies, skin, periodontal diseases and more.• Investigates the efficacy of honey in the management of a wide range of diseases and conditions• Explains the benefits of honey's key pleiotropic properties as antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer and more• Highlights honey as a nutritional supplement to protect against certain metabolic diseases• Explores methods of sustainable honey production, harvesting, composition and quality testing

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Dr Kumar obtained his Masters in Zoology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P.) India in 2007 and PhD from the same institution in 2013. Dr Kumar started his academic career in 2013 and currently is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) India. He has about 10 years of experience in teaching and research with a concentrated interest in Honey and Honeybees, Animal Physiology and Applied Zoology. Dr Kumar has been awarded a Meritorious Fellowship for the year 2009-2011 by the University Grants Commission, Govt of India. He is a Fellow of Himalayan Science and Technology Communications and is a life member of many prestigious agencies. He has published more than 125 Research Articles including 50 Book Chapters.

Dr. Younis Ahmad Hajam holds a doctorate in Zoology from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidayalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Punjab, India. Formerly Dr Younis Ahmad worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Career Point University, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is teaching under graduate and post graduate and doctorate students. His areas of interests include chronic diseases and their management. He has published 50 research papers in leading national and international journals, 50 book chapters and 10 national proceedings and has published 8 books as an editor in Springer, Apple Academic Press, NOVA Science Publishers, Taylor and Francis. He has received a national award for his contributions in biological science and is an editorial member of various international journals and a member of Asian Council of Science editors.

Shamsher S Kanwar is Professor of Biotechnology and Director of IPRCC at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. His research is in the fields of microbiology, immunology/ cell culture and fermentation, with an emphasis on developing bio-products and bio-processes, for a variety of extracellular microbial enzymes as an alternative to traditional antibiotics & antilipolytic drugs. Currently Dr. Kanwar has been developing anticancer therapeutics by exploring the use of microbial ribonuclease, cholesterol oxidase and L-methionase.