Propolis and Reduced Oral Mucositis Severity

• Propolis may reduce severity for radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis: a systematic review.

  • 2026
  • Systematic Review · n = 134
  • Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia 86
  • • Robbysson Cayke de Sousa Pereira
    • Clarissa Moraes Bastos
    • Matheus Henrique Alves de Lima
    • José Marcos Santos Oliveira
    • Glória Maria de França
    • Sonia Maria Soares Ferreira

  • PubMed: 42138875
  • DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.299676

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Oral Mucositis Severity

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Propolis may reduce the severity of oral mucositis compared to placebo.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  Not specified in abstract

• Clinical Evidence on the Use of Propolis for Oral Mucositis.

  • 2026-03-05
  • Review
  • Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 19(3)
  • • Matheus de Morais Assis
    • Barbara Hana Silva Morales Pino
    • Larissa Kaori Maquedano
    • Felipe Gustavo Carvalho
    • Fernando Augusto Lima Marson
    • Giovanna Barbarini Longato

  • PubMed: 41901272
  • DOI: 10.3390/ph19030425

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Oral Mucositis Severity

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  The results demonstrated a significant reduction in ... OM severity

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes