Honey antibacterial activity: A neglected aspect of honey quality assurance as functional food

J Majtan, M Bucekova, I Kafantaris, P Szweda… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Honey is considered as a functional food with health-promoting properties. Its
potent antibacterial and antibiofilm effects are the major attributes of so called 'medical …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing non-conventional wound healing using honey by simultaneously targeting multiple molecular mechanisms

CCF Pleeging, FA Wagener, H De Rooster… - Drug Resistance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospital-acquired infections and treatment-related wound complications constitute a
tremendous burden for the health care system, particularly given the serious increase in …

Biochemical reactions and their biological contributions in Honey

WMA Alaerjani, S Abu-Melha, RMH Alshareef… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey is known for its content of biomolecules, such as enzymes. The enzymes of honey
originate from bees, plant nectars, secretions or excretions of plant-sucking insects, or from …

Honey combination therapies for skin and wound infections: a systematic review of the literature

P McLoone, D Tabys, L Fyfe - Clinical, Cosmetic and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Topical application of medical grade honey is recommended for the clinical management of
wound infections. The suitability of honey as a wound healing agent is largely due to its …

Synergistic Antimicrobial Activity of Supplemented Medical-Grade Honey against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Eradication

CCF Pleeging, T Coenye, D Mossialos, H De Rooster… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biofilms hinder wound healing. Medical-grade honey (MGH) is a promising therapy because
of its broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and the lack of risk for resistance. This study …

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of vitamin C against human bacterial pathogens

S Mumtaz, S Mumtaz, S Ali, HM Tahir… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Now a day's multidrug resistance phenomenon has become the main cause for concern and
there has been an inadequate achievement in the development of novel antibiotics to treat …

Biopreservative efficacy of grape (Vitis vinifera) and clementine mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) by-product extracts in raw ground beef patties

T Bambeni, T Tayengwa, OC Chikwanha, M Manley… - Meat Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Beef patties were treated with 450 μg/g of extracts from grape (Vitis vinifera) seeds (GSE),
pomace (GPE) or orange (Citrus reticulata) pomace (OPE) and compared to negative (no …

Phenolic compounds, antioxidant activity, ascorbic acid, and sugars in honey from ingenious hail province of Saudi Arabia

GM Alshammari, MA Ahmed, T Alsulami, MJ Hakeem… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bioactive compounds are responsible for biological activities in honey. The botanical and
regional sources of honey contribute to the variable concentration of bioactive compounds …

Antibiotics-free compounds for chronic wound healing

DO Oluwole, L Coleman, W Buchanan, T Chen… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapid rise in the health burden associated with chronic wounds is of great concern to
policymakers, academia, and industry. This could be attributed to the devastating …

The barriers and facilitators of foot care practices in diabetic patients in Indonesia: A qualitative study

Y Sari, S Yusuf, H Haryanto, A Sumeru… - Nursing …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the barriers and facilitators of foot care practice in diabetic patients in
Indonesia. Design A qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. Method Semi …