| Title |
Antibacterial activity and chemical characteristics of several Western Australian honeys compared to manuka honey and pasture honey
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Microbiology, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00203-016-1308-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Niloufar Roshan, Thomas Rippers, Cornelia Locher, Katherine A. Hammer |
| Abstract |
The physicochemical parameters and antibacterial activity of 10 Western Australian (WA) and two comparator honeys were determined. Honeys showed a pH range of 4.0-4.7, colour range of 41.3-470.7 mAU, methylglyoxal levels ranging from 82.2 to 325.9 mg kg(-1) and hydrogen peroxide levels after 2 h of 22.7-295.5 µM. Antibacterial activity was assessed by the disc diffusion assay, phenol equivalence assay, determination of minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations and a time-kill assay. Activity was shown for all honeys by one or more method, however, activity varied according to which assay was used. Minimum inhibitory concentrations for WA honeys against 10 organisms ranged from 4.0 to >32.0% (w/v). Removal of hydrogen peroxide activity by catalase resulted in decreased activity for several honeys. Overall, the data showed that honeys in addition to those derived from Leptospermum spp. have antimicrobial activity and should not be overlooked as potential sources of clinically useful honey. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 69 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 69 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 22 | 32% |
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