Propolis 500mg 30 capsules - RealCaps

"Propolis" is made from a standardized extract of natural propolis and is a source of flavonoids (flavones and flavonols and their glycosides).

Propolis is a powerful immunomodulator that works at the cellular level. It has disinfectant, detoxifying, antiviral properties, strengthens the immune system, enriches the body with vitamins, and also has an antitoxic effect.

Natural propolis has been known to humanity since ancient times. Ancient Greeks, Romans, Incas, Persians, Egyptians, and Arabs widely used this beekeeping product for medicinal purposes. Hippocrates recommended applying propolis for the fastest healing of wounds and ulcers. Roman legionnaires took it with them to war. Propolis was highly popular in Russia as well. For example, at the end of the 19th century, propolis was used as an anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, and wound-healing (scarring) agent.

To this day, in folk medicine, products based on natural propolis are used in the treatment of:

• oral cavities, gums, teeth;
• gastrointestinal diseases;
• upper respiratory tract and lung diseases;
• otitis (ear inflammation);
• wounds, burns, frostbite;
• eye injuries and burns;
• gynecological diseases;
• urological diseases;
• atherosclerosis.

By origin, natural propolis is a sticky substance that bees collect from the spring buds of trees and modify with their enzymes. In the hive, bees use it as a disinfectant and repair-building material. More than 200 compounds have been identified in propolis. To fulfill the protective function of propolis, the multiplicity is considered essential, ensuring joint effective action. On average, propolis consists of 50% resinous components (flavonoids, aromatic acids, and their esters), 30% wax (fatty acids, alcohols, and their esters), 10% essential and aromatic oils, 5% flower pollen (free amino acids and proteins), and 5% other substances (minerals, ketones, lactones, quinones, steroids, vitamins, and sugars). Propolis contains vitamins such as B1, B2, B6, A, C, E, H, P, and almost all essential human trace elements: magnesium, potassium, sodium, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, cobalt, phosphorus, sulfur, antimony, aluminum, chromium, selenium, silicon, strontium, titanium, vanadium, tin, and fluorine. Propolis also contains amino acids such as alanine, β-alanine, α(δ)-aminobutyric acid, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, valine, hydroxyproline, histidine, glycine, glutamic acid, isoleucine, lysine, leucine, methionine, ornithine, pyroglutamic acid, proline, sarcosine, serine, tyrosine, threonine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, cysteine, and cysteine. Many of the mentioned amino acids are essential for humans.

The biological properties of propolis are explained primarily by the presence of significant amounts of phenolic compounds: flavonoids and phenolic acids. Phenolic acids - ferulic, caffeic, benzoic, cinnamic - exhibit antibacterial, antifungal (against yeast fungi), antiprotozoal (against parasites), binding properties, and also have choleretic, diuretic, vascular-strengthening, anti-inflammatory actions. The flavonoid complex is characterized by the presence of apigenin, acacetin, kaempferol, kaempferide, ermanin, rhamnocitrin, isorhamnetin, rhamnazin, exhibiting antimicrobial, wound-healing, antioxidant effects.

In studies of propolis, new components are constantly found, including natural antibiotics whose existence was previously unknown, such as essential oils, the antifungal substance pinocembrin, and caffeic acid ester.

Thus, thanks to the diversity and richness of its composition, natural propolis acts as:

• antiseptic (bactericidal, antiviral, and antifungal);
• regenerating;
• wound-healing;
• anti-inflammatory;
• analgesic;
• vascular-strengthening;
• immunostimulating;
• antitoxic;
• antioxidant.

Composition: sunflower oil, propolis extract, capsule shell (gelatin, glycerin (moisturizer), water, sodium benzoate (preservative), mineral colors (titanium dioxide, red iron oxide, yellow iron oxide), brilliant black color), beeswax.

Form of release: soft gelatin capsules 500 mg each, 30 pieces in a package.

Dosage and administration: for adults: 1 capsule once a day with food. Duration of intake is 1 month. Dietary supplement. Not a drug.

Contraindications: individual intolerance to the components, pregnancy, breastfeeding.

Storage conditions: store in a dry place, protected from light and out of reach of children at a temperature not exceeding 25°C. Shelf life - 2 years.