A review of commonly used methodologies for assessing the antibacterial activity of honey and honey products

ML Hossain, LY Lim, K Hammer, D Hettiarachchi… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey, a naturally sweet and viscous substance is mainly produced by honeybees (Apis
mellifera) from flower nectar. Honey exerts a plethora of biological and pharmacological …

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] Polyphenolic profile and antioxidant and antibacterial activities of monofloral honeys produced by Meliponini in the Brazilian semiarid region

JM Sousa, EL De Souza, G Marques, B Meireles… - Food Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study assessed the polyphenolic profile and the antioxidant and antibacterial activities
of monofloral honeys produced by Meliponini in the Brazilian semiarid region. Honeys from …

[HTML][HTML] Natural bioactive compounds of honey and their antimicrobial activity

N Feknous, M Boumendjel - Czech Journal of Food …, 2022 - cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz
Honey is a complex and variable mixture that contains more than 180 biochemical
compounds from various molecule families. This mixture is obtained after processing the …

Antibiofilm, antimicrobial, anti-quorum sensing, and antioxidant activities of Saudi Sidr Honey: in vitro and molecular docking studies

AS Bazaid, A Alsolami, M Patel, AM Khateb… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sidr honey is a valuable source of bioactive compounds with promising biological
properties. In the present study, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-quorum sensing …

Study of anticancer, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, and silver nanoparticles production by Sidr honey from three different sources

HA Ghramh, EH Ibrahim, M Kilany - Food science & nutrition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sidr honey is used as food and medicine in many countries. Study of immunomodulatory
and anticancer activity of Sidr honey did not tested before. The aim of this work was to study …

Bioactive constituents, in vitro radical scavenging and antibacterial activities of selected Apis mellifera honey from Kenya

HO Mokaya, JL Bargul, JW Irungu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is limited information about the relative composition and health benefits of various
honey consumed across Africa. This study aimed at estimating the bioactive constituents, in …

[HTML][HTML] Potential antibacterial activity of some Saudi Arabia honey

AG Hegazi, FM Al Guthami, AFM Al Gethami… - Veterinary …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the potential antibacterial activity of some Saudi
Arabia honey against selected bacterial strains of medical importance. Materials and …

Development and validation of a new microplate assay that utilises optical density to quantify the antibacterial activity of honeys including Jarrah, Marri and Manuka

KJ Green, K Dods, KA Hammer - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The phenol equivalence assay is the current industry-adopted test used to quantify the
antibacterial activity of honeys in Australia and New Zealand. Activity is measured based on …

Role of honey in topical and systemic bacterial infections

MB Hussain - The Journal of Alternative and Complementary …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Background: The development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has made it more difficult
and expensive to treat infections. Honey is getting worldwide attention as a topical …