Research

By Shona Blair and Dee Carter, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Honey has been used as a medicine throughout the history of the human race and has been employed to treat a wide variety of ailments. The use of honey as a wound dressing has been particularly popular across …

The potential for honey in the management of wound and infection Read More

The following article appearing in this section, on the nature of honey and its medicinal properties, have been written by Dr. Peter Molan (Professor of Biochemistry) and Co-director of the Waikato Honey Research Unit, in New Zealand. The fact that honey has antibacterial properties has been known for more than a century. Although it has …

Honey as an antimicrobial agent Read More

Research from Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Clinical observations indicate that honey may initiate or accelerate the healing of chronic wounds and has, therefore, been claimed to have anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of honey on the activation state of  immunocompetent cells, using the monocytic cell line, MonoMac-6 …

Honey stimulates inflammatory cytokine production from monocytes Read More

Shona Blair believes she has discovered the mechanism of how honey attacks bacteria so effectively. She’s studied a particularly potent form of medicinal honey made by bees using Leptospermum, or jelly bush flowers from Northern NSW and a related plant known as Manuka in New Zealand. Shona found that even the notorious Golden Staph is …

Excerpts from an interview with Shona Blair on ‘Catalyst’ program ABC TV Read More