**A Systematic Review of the Antioxidant Activity of Apiculture Products in Brazil A Systematic Review of the Antioxidant Activity of Apiculture Products in Brazil**

Karuane Saturnino da Silva Araújo, Dark Luzia dos Santos Neto and Sandra Maria Botelho Mariano Dark Luzia dos Santos Neto and Sandra Maria Botelho Mariano Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Karuane Saturnino da Silva Araújo,

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66756

#### **Abstract**

The use of substances with antioxidant ability can be very important in the therapeutic prevention of diseases related to increased oxidative stress, such as cancer, heart dis‐ ease and aging. Brazil has a great diversity of vegetation from which bees can collect resins. This study is a systematic bibliographical review on different electronic scientific databases through descriptors of antioxidant activity of bee products from Brazil. The identification of the articles and their inclusion occurred between the months January to MayW 2016. The bibliographic research was conducted in the following electronic databases: (1) Scientific electronic library online—SciELO; (2) Public library of science— PLOS Medicine; and (3) ScienceDirect. The articles selected were the ones that contained antioxidant activity evaluation of bee products from Brazil during 2011 and 2016. It was possible to observe a large number of articles published in this topic, but a compilation of data from all of these studies was necessary. Given there is a great diversity of vegetation in Brazil, a standardization process of the bee products in Brazil was conducted and by means of this process it was possible to draw a profile of the main antioxidants found in apiculture products in Brazil.

**Keywords:** phenolic compounds, DPPH, HPLC
