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Pharmacognosy-2 (PG303) Level 2 Clinical Pharmacy-Pharm D
Honey
یذَٰ ثُِل َّم َك ُكلَِلـَٔایَی ࣰة ِم ِلنقَ ۡو ࣲُكم ِلیَتٱَلَفثَّ َّك َمُر َرٰ و َِتن٦٨ِف َی ۡع ِر ُشو َن َوِش ِمَف ۤا َّم ࣱاء ٱذُللُ ࣰَّنل ۚاۡح َی ِل ۡخأَ ُر ِن ُجٱتَِّم ِ ۢخنِذبُی ُط ِوم ِن َنَهاٱ ۡل َِشج ََبراا ِلࣱببُيُُّم ۡوخࣰتتَا ِل َ ٌوف ِمأَۡلَن َو ٰٱنُلهۥُ َّشفِ َجي ِ ِره ﴿ َوأَ ۡو َح ٰى َربُّ َك إِ َلى
ِلل ّنَا ِ ۚس ِإ َّن َفٱ ۡسلُ ِكی ُسبُ َل َر ِب ِك
)٦٩-٦٨ ﴾ (النحل٦٩
And your Lord inspired the bees: “Make ˹your˺ homes in the mountains, the trees, and in
what people construct, and feed from ˹the flower of˺ any fruit ˹you please˺ and follow the
ways your Lord has made easy for you.” From their bellies comes forth liquid of varying
colours, in which there is healing for people. Surely in this is a sign for those who reflect.
Saccharine substance deposited by the hive bee, Apis mellifera, family Apidae, in
the cell of the honeycomb.
Collection and The worker bees take nectar from the flowers and pass it through
preparation the oesophagus into the honey sac. Sucrose present in nectar on
mixing with the saliva which contain invertase is hydrolysed to
invert sugar. On arrival at the hive the bee deposited the honey
sac contents in a previously prepared cell.
Characters Honey is a clear syrupy liquid of a pale yellow or reddish-brown
colour. The odour and taste depend very largely on the flower
used.
Constituents It consists mainly of invert sugar and water. It contains small
quantities of sucrose, dextrin, volatile oil, and pollen grains.
Uses • Treatment of stomach and intestine complaints.
• Nutritive.
• Sweeting agent.
• Demulcent.
• Preservative
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