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Nelson Honey & Marketing (NZ)

276 State Highway 6
RD2
Nelson 7072
New Zealand

Freephone: 0800 289 992
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Tel: +64 3 5224413
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Welcome arrow Bee Venom Analysis

Components of Bee Venom Analysis:

NectarEase contains only two ingredients: Honey and Bee Venom. The honey is a creamed blend of mostly Manuka honey. 
Manuka honey constituting between 60-65% of the raw product before processing.
The bee venom component is considered to be the Active Compound in the product.
The venom composition and strength varies between honeybee species and small variances are even identifiable inter-specifically between bee breeds and locations.
The bee venom used in the NectarEase product is extracted exclusively from the Apis Melifera species of honeybee.
The following table expresses the composition of venom from a honeybee worker as stated in the findings of two separate studies (Dotimas and Hilder, 1987 (1); Shipolini, 1984 (2)).
These components were measured as a percentage of dry venom, water makes up approximately 88% of venom before drying.

Class of Molecules Component    % of Dry Venom (1)   % of Dry Venom (2)

Enzymes   Phospolipase A2                    10-12                           10-12

Hyaluronidase                                        1-3                            1.5-2.0

Acid phosphomonoesterase                     1.0

Lysophopholipase                                   1.0

a-glucosidase                                         0.6

Other Proteins
and Peptides  Melittin                              50                              40-50

Apamine                                                1-3                                 3

Mast Cell
Degranulating Peptide(MCD)                    1-2                                2.0

Secapin                                               0.5-2.0                             0.5

Procamine                                              1-2                               1.4

Adolapin                                                1.0

Protease inhibitor                                   0.8

Tertiapin*                                              0.1                                0.1

Small peptides   

Less than 5 amino acids                         13-15 


Physiologically Active Histamine              0.5-2.0                          0.6-1.6


Amines   Dopamine                               0.2-1.0                          0.13-1.0

Noradrenaline                                       0.1-0.5                          0.1-0.7

Amino Acids  t-aminobutyric acid               0.5                               0.4

a-amino acids                                         1.0 

Sugars glucose and fructose                      2 

Phospholipids                                           5 

Volatile compounds                                  4-8