We have worked with each of the following organisations, and many more besides, on far-reaching research projects.
We are delighted to be working with the University of East London, beginning a brand new PhD project in 2023. This project will look at the extraction of plant chemicals from propolis and other herbal medicines.
The PhD candidate, Samra, is based at Herbal Apothecary in Whitby and working alongside our team. This project should provide valuable insights which can help us improve the efficiency of extraction, leading to better outcomes for patients.
We continue to coordinate the work of the International Propolis Research Group, bringing together experts in propolis research from around the globe.
The IPRG has hosted two online conferences in recent years, and we're planning a physical conference in 2023. Find out more by visiting the IPRG website.
Our laboratory is home to a brand new HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) system. Shankar is a highly qualified Research Chemist who joined Nature’s Laboratory under the Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme. Supported by the University of Bradford, Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science, the KTP pairs academics with businesses.
We are now able to carry out both routine in-process analysis as well as specific research work into plant materials and bee products. Professor Anant Paradkar, Director of the Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science, supervises our research experiments.
Twelve propolis samples from different parts of Libya were investigated for their phytochemical constituents. Ethanol extracts of the samples and some purified compounds were tested against Trypanosoma brucei, Plasmodium falciparum and against two helminth species, Trichinella spiralis and Caenorhabditis elegans,...
The secondary metabolite composition of propolis has always been corroborated on the vegetation surrounding the bee hive. The plants chosen by the bees seem to exhibit activity to protect the hive from the surrounding environmental pressures which include protozoal attack....
The analysis of sugars in the natural products propolis and bee pollen was carried by high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC), high-performance ligand exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPLEC-PAD) and HPLEC coupled to liquid chromatography–electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (LC–ESI-MS) in...
