Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods and Preventive Health

(Annual (One issue per year))

Dr. Aida A. Abd El-Wahed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bee Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt. She earned her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (Natural Product Chemistry) from El-Menoufia University, Egypt, in collaboration with Uppsala University, where she conducted advanced research in pharmacognosy and natural products chemistry. Her research focuses on natural product chemistry, bioactive compounds, honeybee products, nutraceuticals, functional foods, phytochemicals, and their applications in human health and disease prevention. She has extensive expertise in compound isolation and purification, chromatographic and spectroscopic analysis (HPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR), peptide synthesis, and bioactivity evaluation.
Dr. Abd El-Wahed has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in internationally recognized journals, with research covering bee products, functional foods, nutritional supplementation, antioxidant compounds, metabolic disorders, obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal health, and preventive medicine. Her recent work highlights the nutritional and therapeutic potential of bee-derived products such as honey, royal jelly, bee pollen, bee bread, propolis, beeswax, and bee venom. She serves as a reviewer for several leading international journals, including Nutrients, Foods, Molecules, Pharmaceuticals, Plants, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. She has also received awards for outstanding applied research in plant protection and has actively contributed to international scientific conferences, workshops, and training programs related to natural products, apitherapy, and bee sciences.
Dr. Abd El-Wahed's multidisciplinary expertise in natural products, nutraceuticals, functional foods, and preventive health makes her a valuable contributor to advancing research and innovation in these fields.

• Apitherapy
• Natural Products Chemistry
• Nanotechnology Applications
• Honeybee Health
• Organic Chemistry
• Functional Foods
• Anti-inflammatory & Anticancer Compounds
• Propolis

• Reviewer for journals including Molecules, Nutrients, Foods and many more
• Lecturer in Ministry of Agriculture training programs
• First female trainer for Saudi girls in beekeeping program
• International conference speaker (China, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Egypt etc.)
• EU PRIMA funded project participant
• Sweden-funded 3-year project participant

1. Bee Pollen: Current Status and Therapeutic Potential. Nutrients (2021). Excellent nutraceutical paper on medicinal and nutritional value of bee pollen.
2. Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Royal Jelly in Metabolic Disorders and Gastrointestinal Diseases. Nutrients (2024). Strong publication on royal jelly as functional nutraceutical therapy.
3. Natural Remedies and Health: Bee Pollen and Bee Bread Impact on Combating Diabetes and Obesity. Current Nutrition Reports (2024). Highly relevant for obesity, diabetes, and metabolic nutraceutical science.
4. Chemical Profiling and Nutritional Evaluation of Bee Pollen, Bee Bread, and Royal Jelly and Their Role in Functional Fermented Dairy Products. Molecules (2023). Combines nutrition chemistry + functional food applications.
5. Sidr Honey: A Comprehensive Review of Its Nutritional Value, Biological Impact, and Potential Health Benefits. Food Bioscience (2026). Excellent honey nutraceutical review.
6. Nutritional Benefits of Bee Products in Managing Anemia: A Natural Supplement Approach. Nutrition & Metabolism (2026 Accepted). Very strong supplement-based nutraceutical topic.
7. Cosmetic Applications of Bee Venom. Toxins (2021). Important cosmeceutical / nutraceutical crossover research.
8. Honey Bee Products: Preclinical and Clinical Studies of Their Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Properties. Frontiers in Nutrition (2022). High-value paper for immune-health nutraceuticals.
9. Royal Jelly: Beneficial Properties and Synergistic Effects with Chemotherapeutic Drugs with Particular Emphasis in Anticancer Strategies. Nutrients (2022). Top paper connecting nutraceuticals with oncology support.