التأثير المضاد لزعاف نحل العسل السوري على أنواع مختلفة من الجراثيم

Abstract EN

Venom collected from 12 Syrian honey bee hives (Apis mellifera) was examined for its inhibitory effect on different species of bacteria.

Local bee venom in relatively lower concentrations showed nearly the same effect as purified venom purchased from Sigma.

In this work, antibacterial activity of local bee venom proved to be concentration-dependent.

It has an inhibitory bacteriostatic effect at low concentrations and exhibits a bactericidal activity at high concentrations.

Our results revealed that gram positive bacteria, e.g.

Listeria Monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus Aureus, were more sensitive to venom than the gram negative e.g.

Escherichia Coli, Salmonella Enterica, Yersinia Kristensenii, Klepsiella Pneumoniae and Klepsiella Oxytoca.

This antibacterial property of bee venom may be used for medical purposes and drug preparations, or by some modifications for food preservation