Nikolai Mikhaylovich Artemov (russian: Николай Михайлович Артёмов; 24 January 1908 – 2 December 2005) was a Soviet Russian physiologist,
Doktor Nauk in Biological Sciences (1969), Honorary Professor at the
N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod.
He is known as the founder of scientific
apitherapy
Apitherapy is a branch of alternative medicine that uses honey bee products, including honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom. There has been no scientific or clinical evidence for the efficacy or safety of apitherapy treatments.
...
.
In 1957, the
USSR Ministry of Health sanctioned the use of
bee venom
Apitoxin or bee venom is the venom produced by the honey bee. It is a cytotoxic and hemotoxic bitter colorless liquid containing proteins, which may produce local inflammation. It may have similarities to sea nettle toxin.
Components
Bee venom is ...
in the treatment of certain ailments. It was the "Instruction for Bee Sting Venom Apitherapy" by N.M. Artemov (with Prof. G. P. Zaytsev from
2nd MSMI), who authored the document.
Career
He graduated from the Department of Physiology at the
faculty of biology of the
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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in 1931.
From 1936 to 1941, he work at the
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
From 1943 to 1974, Artemov headed the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Humans and Animals at the
N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod.
From 1969 to 1975, Artemov served as Vice-president of the Standing Commission on Apiculture Products
Apimondia
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.
In 1971, Artemov headed the first organized symposium on apitherapy at the Congress of Apimondia.
He was appointed Honorary
Soros
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Professor.
Among his famous students were Zeveke A.V.,
Shamil Omarov,
Vasily Krylov
Vasily Nikolayevich Krylov (russian: Василий Николаевич Крылов; January 2, 1947 – February 17, 2018) was a Russian scientist, Doktor nauk, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Distinguished Professor at the N. I. Lobachevsky S ...
,
Boris Orlov,
David Gelashvili.
Artemov is the author about 200 scientific articles and more than 2 monographs. In 1941, his monograph "Bee venom, its physiological properties and therapeutic use" was published by the
USSR Academy of Sciences.
[http://kmweb.coa.gov.tw/Category/d.aspx?documentId=15218&fileName=%E8%9C%82+%E6%AF%92.pdf]
Alternative link
Works
* N. M. Artemov, V. P. Lapin
Bee Venom(in Russian) //
Big Medical Encyclopedia
Instruction for Bee Sting Venom Apitherapy(in Russian). Approved by the Academic Medical Council of the
USSR Ministry of Health (March 10, 1959)
* NM Artemov, BN Orlov
New data on the scientific argumentation of the physiology of application of bee venom as a medicine// Apiacta 3, 1968
References
External links
In memory of Nikolai Mikhailovich Artemov/
Krylov V.N., Zeveke A.V., Irzhak L.I. (in Russian) //
Российский физиологический журнал им. И. М. Сеченова. - 2006. - Т. 92, N 6. - С. 771.
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20170806102133/http://www.apimondia.com/es/federacion/historia
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1908 births
2005 deaths
Soviet scientists
Soviet physiologists
Apitherapists
Moscow State University alumni
Soviet professors