SEP 3, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Impact of stingless bee honey on excessive weight gain, hyperglycemia, and male fertility impairment in an obese–diabetic rat model
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
First-in-kind preclinical study in an animal model with no human data, surrogate endpoints, and acknowledged dose-optimization need; results warrant further investigation but do not yet support clinical application.
Reported
Dose showing most pronounced effe…150 and 300 mg kg⁻¹
Dose-response patternnon-linear with hormesis response