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 …

Glucose oxidase, an enzyme “Ferrari”: Its structure, function, production and properties in the light of various industrial and biotechnological applications

JA Bauer, M Zámocká, J Majtán, V Bauerová-Hlinková - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glucose oxidase (GOx) is an important oxidoreductase enzyme with many important roles in
biological processes. It is considered an “ideal enzyme” and is often called an oxidase …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Antimicrobial activity of bee-collected pollen and beebread: State of the art and future perspectives

NA Didaras, K Karatasou, TG Dimitriou, GD Amoutzias… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bee-collected pollen (BCP) is a well-known functional food. Honey bees process the
collected pollen and store it in the hive, inside the comb cells. The processed pollen is called …

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 …

A current perspective on hydrogen peroxide production in honey. A review

K Brudzynski - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogen peroxide plays a key role in honey antibacterial activity. The production of H 2 O 2
in honey requires glucose oxidase (GOx) that oxidizes glucose to gluconolactone and …

Significance of apoidea as main pollinators. ecological and economic impact and implications for human nutrition

P Hristov, B Neov, R Shumkova, N Palova - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wild and managed bees provide pollination services to crops and wild plants, as well as a
variety of other services beneficial to humans. Honey bees are the most economically …

Mutual influence of polyphenols and Lactobacillus spp. bacteria in food: a review

L Piekarska-Radzik, E Klewicka - European Food Research and …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents the effect of polyphenols on microorganisms inhabiting the human
gastrointestinal tract (mainly bacteria belonging to the Lactobacillus genus) and pathogenic …