Antibacterial activity of different honeys against pathogenic bacteria

Voidarou, C.; Alexopoulos, Athanasios; Plessas, Stavros; Karapanou, Αmalia; Mantzourani, Ioanna; Stavropoulou, Elisavet; Fotou, Konstantina; Tzora, Athina; Skoufos, Ioannis; Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.03.012

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“…However, in our study, honey samples had inhibitory effects on yeasts sepecies. Our results are similar to the results of a study have been done on different kinds of 60 honey samples of various botanical origin by Voidarou et al [18].…”

Section: Antimicrobial Activitiessupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Therefore, researches on antibacterial and antioxidative activities of honey originating from different parts of the world should continue to identify new antibacterial and antioxidative agents and help clarify the healing mechanisms [18]. Because of Turkey has an important place among the honey producer countries, since it is suitable for apiculture in terms of the flowers, such studies have been performed by scientist from Turkey [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of East Black Sea Region honeys

Ertürk¹,

Şahin²,

Kolaylı³

et al. 2014

Turk J Bioch

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Section: Antimicrobial Activitiessupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of East Black Sea Region honeys

Ertürk¹,

Şahin²,

Kolaylı³

et al. 2014

Turk J Bioch

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“…PCR reactions were performed as described by Weisburg et al (1991). DNA fragments were visualized and the amplicons of about 1600 bp were purified by the QIA-quick purification kit (Quiagen S.p.a., Milan, Italy) and both strands were sequenced using the same primers employed for PCR amplification.…”

Section: Isolation Grouping and Identification Of Bacteriamentioning

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Cultivable microorganisms associated with honeys of different geographical and botanical origin

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a b s t r a c tIn this study, the composition of the cultivable microbial populations of 38 nectar honey and honeydew honey samples of different botanical and geographical origin were assessed. After growth in specific media, various colonies with different appearance were isolated and purified before phenotypic (morphological, physiological and biochemical traits) and genotypic [randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), repetitive DNA elements-PCR (rep-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)] differentiation. The identification was carried out by 16S rRNA gene sequencing for bacteria and, in addition to RFLP, by sequencing the D1/D2 region of the 26S rRNA gene for yeasts and the 5.8S-ITS rRNA region for filamentous fungi. The results showed the presence of 13 species of bacteria, 5 of yeasts and 17 of filamentous fungi; the species most frequently isolated were Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Zygosaccharomyces mellis and Aspergillus niger for the three microbial groups, respectively. The highest microbial diversity was found in multifloral honeys. No correlation among the microbial species and the botanical/geographical origin was found, but some strains were highly adapted to these matrices since they were found in several samples of different origin.

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“…Many studies on antimicrobial activity of honey have been conducted in non-European countries (Voidarou et al 2011), and especially in the southern hemisphere (Lusby et al 2005;Lin et al 2009;Allen et al 1991;Irish et al 2011). New Zealand Manuka honey is widely studied and used clinically.…”

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Antimicrobial activity of organic honeys against food pathogenic bacterium Clostridium perfringens

Oinaala

Lehesvaara²,

Lyhs

et al. 2015

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Against Clostridium perfringens, a common cause of food poisoning, antimicrobial activity and methyglyoxal (MGO) contents of six multifloral organic honeys were investigated, five from Finland and one from Argentinian and Hungarian origin. For the antimicrobial assessment, a disc diffusion method was used with zone of inhibition expressed as a diameter. Four honeys had inhibitory activity (diameter >8 mm) compared to control (diameter of 6.1 mm±1.5) at the concentration of 50 % (w/v). The highest activity was induced by North Carelien multifloral honey F with willow herb as the main floral source (diameter of 14.3 mm ±0.6), followed by other North Carelien multifloral honey E (diameter of 11.0 mm±2) with clover as the main floral source. For honey F, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was 20 % (w/v). MGO was quantified by HPLC and varied from 22 to 27 mg/kg. MGO had no correlation to the detected activity. This is a novel finding on the antibacterial activity of native organic honeys and against C. perfringens.

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Antibacterial activity of different honeys against pathogenic bacteria

Cited by 85 publications

References 18 publications

Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of East Black Sea Region honeys

Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of East Black Sea Region honeys

Cultivable microorganisms associated with honeys of different geographical and botanical origin

Antimicrobial activity of organic honeys against food pathogenic bacterium Clostridium perfringens

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