Non-waste technologies for processing bee products (analytical review)

Aim. To review and analyze publications devoted to non-waste technologies for processing propolis and bee pollen. Materials and methods. The research material was foreign and domestic publications on processing bee products. The methods of information retrieval, analysis and generalization were used in the work. Results and discussion. The literature data on the development of technological methods for processing propolis and bee pollen have been presented. The technology of propolis purification from wax components and the optimal conditions for obtaining phenol fractions of propolis (hydrophilic and hydrophobic) have been considered. The non-waste technology for processing the raw propolis and the complex processing of bee pollen are represented on examples. The optimal parameters of the process for obtaining the enzyme substance from bee pollen and the feasibility of its use as a protein feed additive have been analyzed. Conclusions. A review of scientific publications on the development of non-waste technologies for processing bee products has been conducted. The analysis of the studies has shown that the production of medicines based on bee products remains an urgent area of modern pharmacy. A great contribution to the development of this problem was made by the work of O. I. Tikhonov scientific school on the integrated waste-free processing of the raw propolis and bee pollen in order to obtain standardized biologically active substances required for the creation and production of medicines.