Honey: An advanced antimicrobial and wound healing biomaterial for tissue engineering applications

J Yupanqui Mieles, C Vyas, E Aslan, G Humphreys… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey was used in traditional medicine to treat wounds until the advent of modern medicine.
The rising global antibiotic resistance has forced the development of novel therapies as …

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 …

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 …

Antibacterial activity of different blossom honeys: New findings

M Bucekova, L Jardekova, V Juricova, V Bugarova… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibacterial activity is the most investigated biological property of honey. The goal of this
study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of 57 Slovak blossom honeys against …

Phytochemicals-mediated production of hydrogen peroxide is crucial for high antibacterial activity of honeydew honey

M Bucekova, M Buriova, L Pekarik, V Majtan… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Honeydew honey is increasingly valued due to its pronounced antibacterial potential;
however, the underlying mechanism and compounds responsible for the strong antibacterial …

Antibacterial and antibiofilm effect of honey in the prevention of dental caries: A recent perspective

J Deglovic, N Majtanova, J Majtan - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The successful application of honey in wound care management has been achieved due to
honey's potent antibacterial effects, characterised by its multifactorial action. Impressive …

Chemical composition of honey

C Santos-Buelga, AM González-Paramás - Bee products-chemical and …, 2017 - Springer
Honey is one of the most popular natural sweet substances. From a chemical point of view, it
could be defined as a natural food mainly composed of sugars and water together with …

Bee-derived antibacterial peptide, defensin-1, promotes wound reepithelialisation in vitro and in vivo

M Bucekova, M Sojka, I Valachova… - Wound Healing …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Royal jelly (RJ) has successfully been used as a remedy in wound healing. RJ has multiple
effects, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities, in …

The osmotic action of sugar combined with hydrogen peroxide and bee-derived antibacterial peptide Defensin-1 is crucial for the antibiofilm activity of eucalyptus …

A Proaño, D Coello, I Villacrés-Granda, I Ballesteros… - LWT, 2021 - Elsevier
Honey is known for its important antimicrobial activity, which is considered one of its main
biological properties. This property has been associated with different factors, among which …

Physicochemical characterization and biological properties of pine honey produced across Greece

E Tsavea, FP Vardaka, E Savvidaki, A Kellil, D Kanelis… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pine honey is a honeydew honey produced in the East Mediterranean region (Greece and
Turkey) from the secretions of the plant sucking insect Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius) …