Antibacterial activity of natural honey against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Natural honey is an ancient remedy in folk medicine around the world particularly where conventional and modern therapeutic agents fail. Here we report antibacterial potential of a number of unifloral and multifloral natural honey samples produced in Pakistan. Honey samples were collected from colonies of Apis mallifera and Apis cerana bees foraged on Acacia modesta, Plactranthus speices, Ziziphus species, Trachyspermum coptcum, Citrus spp. etc. The tested honey samples showed antibacterial activity against ATCC cultures of Salmonella typhi, Shigella Sonneie, Vibrio furnissii, Yersinia pestis, Campaylobecter jejuni and Escherichia coli. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of honey samples were in the range of 15-18% (v/v) against. This median level potency of Pakistani honey is comparable to the antibacterial activity of Australian honeys and less than the Manuka honey from New Zealand. Interestingly, tested honey samples also proved active against antibiotic-resistant strains of Vibrio cholera, Salmonella typhi, Shigella dynsenteriae and Compylobacter spp. isolated from clinical fecal samples.
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