Review Article

Recent Advances in Developing Insect Natural Products as Potential Modern Day Medicines

Table 1

Examples of phenols present in honey with anticancer properties .

Class of phenolic compoundsExamples of specific phenolic compounds researched

(1) FlavonolsQuercetin, kaempferol, galangin, fisetin, and myricetin
(2) FlavanonesHesperidin
(3) FlavonesApigenin, acacetin, chrysin, luteolin genkwanin, wogonin, and tricetin
(4) Phenolic acidsCaffeic acid
(6) CoumarinsCoumarin
(7) TanninsEllagic acid

Table modified from Abubakar et al. [20].