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Biological mechanisms of bee products
Mechanisms of action and safety profiles of honey and propolis; assessment of potential benefits in chronic disease.
Family Medicine · Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Evidence-based apitherapy and integrative medicine.
Nearly thirty years in medicine, one question: how do we bring traditional knowledge together with the evidence standards of modern medicine?
Assoc. Prof. Ali Timuçin Atayoğlu
Haliç University, Faculty of Medicine
29
Years in clinical practice
3
Society / federation presidencies
2007
China — apitherapy with Prof. Fang Zhu
5 years
Heading the T&CM department
About
He graduated from Trakya University Faculty of Medicine in 1997. In 1997–1998 he served as a trainee doctor at the Royal London Hospital; he then worked as a family medicine specialist at the American Hospital in Istanbul. In 2007 he travelled to China to work with Prof. Fang Zhu, one of the pioneers of apitherapy — on his return he founded the Apitherapy Association.
Between 2019 and 2024 he headed the Department of Traditional and Complementary Medicine at Istanbul Medipol University. He is currently a faculty member at Haliç University Faculty of Medicine and serves as president of the Apitherapy Association, the Holistic and Integrative Medicine Association and the International Apitherapy Federation.
Research Areas
Clinical · Laboratory · Policy
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Integrating traditional medicine with modern practice
Clinical frameworks and health-system integration for the effective and safe use of complementary approaches.
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Evidence-based guidelines
Guideline work that optimises the clinical use of apitherapeutic products and contributes new findings to the literature.
Selected Publications
Full archive →2026Evaluation of the efficacy of local application of bee products in the care of diaper dermatitis in infants: A randomized controlled trialArticles
2025Enhanced In Vitro Bioaccessibility and Anticancer Activity of Brazilian Propolis Extracted with L-Lactic AcidArticles
2025Extracts and Natural Products, Actions and Therapeutic ParticularitiesBooks
2024Effects of Anatolian Propolis and Hypertonic Saline Combination Nasal Spray on Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms: A Prospective, Multicenter StudyArticles
Academic Archive
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