Honey has long been known to have antimicrobial properties. It is made of honey as one of the excellent traditional medicine.
One type of honey, which occupied the top position is the type of manuka honey. Types of honey are believed to treat chronic wound infections, and even prevent the injury to develop.
The study was conducted by researchers at Cardiff Metropolitan University. In a study published in the journal Microbiology, said that manuka honey is not only completely destroy the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes, but also bind to components of scar tissue.
Streptococcus pyogenes is the bacteria on the skin that are often associated with severe injuries. Bacteria that infect wounds can clump together to form biofilms, which becomes a barrier for drugs consumed.
Manuka honey comes from honey bees foraging on manuka trees which are found growing in New Zealand and parts of Australia.
From these studies, manuka honey has been reported to inhibit more than 80 species of bacteria, but the antimicrobial properties of honey have not been fully exploited by modern medicine.
"We found that manuka honey reduces the expression of bacterial surface protein, binds human fibronectin to inhibit the wound, thus making less likely the formation of biofilms. This is a viable mechanism with manuka honey so as to minimize the acute wound infection and also the establishment of chronic infection," said Dr. Maddocks one of the investigators. [mediaindonesia]
