A review of current advancements for wound healing: Biomaterial applications and medical devices

X Deng, M Gould, MA Ali - Journal of Biomedical Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing is a complex process that is critical in restoring the skin's barrier function.
This process can be interrupted by numerous diseases resulting in chronic wounds that …

Honey: another alternative in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

P Combarros-Fuertes, JM Fresno, MM Estevinho… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibacterial resistance has become a challenging situation worldwide. The increasing
emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens stresses the need for developing alternative or …

Dissecting the antimicrobial composition of honey

VC Nolan, J Harrison, JAG Cox - Antibiotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Honey is a complex sweet food stuff with well-established antimicrobial and antioxidant
properties. It has been used for millennia in a variety of applications, but the most noteworthy …

Perspectives for uses of propolis in therapy against infectious diseases

A Salatino - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Propolis has gained wide popularity over the last decades in several parts of the world. In
parallel, the literature about propolis composition and biological properties increased …

A systematic review on COVID-19 pandemic with special emphasis on curative potentials of Nigeria based medicinal plants

JO Oladele, EI Ajayi, OM Oyeleke, OT Oladele… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Despite the frightening mortality rate associated with COVID-19, there is no known approved
drug to effectively combat the pandemic. COVID-19 clinical manifestations include fever …

[HTML][HTML] An updated review of functional ingredients of Manuka honey and their value-added innovations

S Wang, Y Qiu, F Zhu - Food chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Manuka honey (MH) is a highly prized natural product from the nectar of Leptospermum
scoparium flowers. Increased competition on the global market drives MH product …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of different types of honey derived from Mount Olympus in Greece

D Stagos, N Soulitsiotis, C Tsadila… - International …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
The aim of the present study was to examine the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of 21
types of honey derived from Mount Olympus (Mt. Olympus), a region with great plant …

The potential of honey as a prebiotic food to re-engineer the gut microbiome toward a healthy state

KR Schell, KE Fernandes, E Shanahan, I Wilson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Honey has a long history of use for the treatment of digestive ailments. Certain honey types
have well-established bioactive properties including antibacterial and anti-inflammatory …

Biofilm management in wound care

CK Sen, S Roy, SS Mathew-Steiner… - Plastic and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate for human infectious diseases
caused by bacteria with a biofilm phenotype is 65 percent and the National Institutes of …

The antifungal activity of lactoferrin and its derived peptides: mechanisms of action and synergy with drugs against fungal pathogens

KE Fernandes, DA Carter - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Lactoferrin is a multifunctional iron-binding glycoprotein belonging to the transferrin family. It
is found abundantly in milk and is present as a major protein in human exocrine secretions …