ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Honey: Another Alternative in the Fight against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria?
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 127 citations in OpenAlex.
- Honey-biosynthesized silver nanoparticles against vancomycin-resistant enterococci: integrated antibacterial, antibiofilm, mechanistic and preliminary safety evaluation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Acacia and Polyfloral Honey: Physicochemical Characterization and Correlation with Antibacterial Efficacy.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Honey as a Natural Flavorful Product: A Comprehensive Review of Its Potential Biological Activities and Recent Studies.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Advancement in nanocarrier-mediated delivery of herbal bioactives: from bench to beside.Natural products and bioprospecting · 2025Review
- Testing Sonication and Different Transport Media to Enhance Microbial Detection in Hard-to-Heal Venous Leg Ulcers.International wound journal · 2025Observational
- From hive to laboratory - biotechnological potential of microorganisms from honey.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Review
- Macroscopic Evaluation of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxy valerate), PHBV-Based Nanofiber Scaffolds with Aloe Vera or Honey in Murine Wound Healing.Pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Strong antimicrobial activity and unique physicochemical characteristics in honey from Australian stingless beesApplied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Integrated Assessment of Antibacterial Activity, Polyphenol Composition, Molecular Docking, and ADME Properties of Romanian Oak and Fir Honeydew Honeys.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Current State and Advances in Antimicrobial Strategies for Burn Wound Dressings: From Metal-Based Antimicrobials and Natural Bioactive Agents to Future Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Honey as a Natural Antimicrobial.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Research Progress on Extracellular Matrix-Based Composite Materials in Antibacterial Field.Biomaterials research · 2025Review
- The comparison of the antioxidant, antibacterial and antiviral potential of Polish fir honeydew and Manuka honeys.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Honey microbiota, methods for determining the microbiological composition and the antimicrobial effect of honey - A review.Food chemistry: X · 2024Review
- Antimicrobial Activity of Honey and Propolis from Alba County, Romania.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Therapeutic Mechanisms of Honey in Mitigating Toxicity from Anticancer Chemotherapy Toxicity: A Review.Journal of xenobiotics · 2024Review
- Preliminary Identification and Quantification of Individual Polyphenols inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Treating Infected Non-Healing Venous Leg Ulcers with Medical-Grade Honey: A Prospective Case Series.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Physicochemical Characterization of Moroccan Honey Varieties from the Fez-Meknes Region and Their Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties.Metabolites · 2024Article
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Abstract
Antibacterial resistance has become a challenging situation worldwide. The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens stresses the need for developing alternative or complementary antimicrobial strategies, which has led the scientific community to study substances, formulas or active ingredients used before the antibiotic era. Honey has been traditionally used not only as a food, but also with therapeutic purposes, especially for the topical treatment of chronic-infected wounds. The intrinsic characteristics and the complex composition of honey, in which different substances with antimicrobial properties are included, make it an antimicrobial agent with multiple and different target sites in the fight against bacteria. This, together with the difficulty to develop honey-resistance, indicates that it could become an effective alternative in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, against which honey has already shown to be effective. Despite all of these assets, honey possesses some limitations, and has to fulfill a number of requirements in order to be used for medical purposes.
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