10/10/2008
Sweet honey could be your favourite BUT do you ever know about this ?
Honey could soon be substituted for antibiotics in fighting stubborn ear, nose and throat infections. Researchers from Ottawa University found in tests that ordinary honey kills bacteria that cause sinus infections, and does it better in most cases than antibiotics.
The results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, in Chicago.
The preliminary tests were conducted in laboratory dishes, not in live patients, but included the “superbug” methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, which is highly resistant to antibiotics. In upcoming human trials, a “honey rinse” would be used to “flush out the goo” from sinus cavities. The researchers have so far tested manuka honey from New Zealand, and sidr honey from Yemen.
The two killed all floating bacteria in liquid, and 63 to 91 per cent of biofilms — micro-organisms that sometimes form a protective layer in sinus cavities, urinary tracts, catheters and heart valves, protecting bacteria from normal drug treatments and often leading to chronic infections.
The most effective antibiotic, rifampin, killed just 18 per cent of the biofilm samples in the tests. — Agencies
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