References:
(1) Gunther RT. The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides. New York: Hafner, 1934 (reprinted 1959)
(2) Molan P. Not all honeys are the same for wound healing. Eur Tissue Repair Soc Bulletin. 2002:9
Literature on the effectiveness of honey
1.: J Wound Care/Why do some cavity wounds treated with honey heal without scarring.Vol 11. (2) pg 52. 2002
2.: J Wound Care/The role of honey in the management of wounds. Vol 8. (8) pg 415. 1999
3.: J Roy Soc Med/Antibacterial activity of honey against Staphylococcus from infected wounds. Vol 92. pg 283. 1999
4.: J Postgard Med/Effect of honey on multidrug resistant organisms and its synergistic action with three common antibiotics.
Vol 44. pg 93. 1998
5.: J Obstet Gyn/Radical operation for carcinoma of the vulva. Vol 77. (11) pg 1037. 1970
6.: J Surgery/Recent advances in the management of Fournier’s gangrene. Vol 113. (2) pg 200. 1993
7.: J Urology/Genital Fournier’s gangrene. Vol 47. (5) pg 734. 1996
8.: Brit. J Surgery/Clinical observations on the wound healing properties of honey. l 75. pg 679. 1988
9.: Brit. J Surgery/Topical application of honey in treatment of burns. Vol 78. (4) pg 497. 1991
10.: Brit. J Plast. Surg/Honey impr. gauze versus polyurethane film in the treatment of burns. Vol 46. (4) pg 322. 1993
11.: J Orthop Surgery/Clinical and bacteriological results in wounds treated with honey. Vol 7. (2) pg 202. 1993
12.: J Burns/A clinical and histological study of superficial burn wound healing with honey. Vol 24. (2) pg 157. 1998
13.: J Obstet Gyn/Speeding up the healing of burns with honey. Vol 32. pg 381. 1992
14.: J Trop Med Hyg/The pattern and outcome of burn injuries, a review of 156 cases. Vol 97. pg 108. 1994
15.: J Burn Care/The efficacy of honey in inhibiting strains of Pseudomonas aer. from infected burns. Vol 23. (6) pg 366-370. 2002
16.: J Appl Microbiol/The sensitivity to honey of Gram-positive cocci of clinical significance isolated from wounds. Vol 93. (5) pg 857-863. 2002
17.: J Dermatology Treat/Healing of an MRSA-colonized, hydroxyurea-induced leg ulcer with honey. Vol 12. (1) pag 33-36. 2001
18.: Acta Paediatr/Local application of honey for treatment of neonatal postoperative wound infection. Vol 87. (4) pg 429-432. 1998
19.: J R Soc Med/Antibacterial activity of honey against strains of Staphylococcus aureus from infected wounds. Vol 92. (6) pg 283-285. 1999
20.: Austr. Wound Man. Ass. Conf./Honey has potential as a dressing for wounds infected with MRSA, March 1998
21.: J Wound Care/The use of honey as an antiseptic in managing Pseudomonas infection. Vol 8. (4) pg 161-164. 1999
22.: J Pharm Pharmacol/The effect of gamma-irradiation on the antibacterial activity of honey. Vol 48. pg 1206. 1996
23.: Ostomy Wound Manage/Re-introducing Honey in the Management of Wounds and Ulcers. Vol 48. (11) pg 28-40. 2002
24.: Am. J Clin Dermatol/Potential of honey in the treatment of wounds and burns. Vol 2. (1) pg 13-19. 2001
25.: Ligament/Honing en wondzorg back to the future. Vol 33. (2) pg 17. 2002
26.: Austr. J. of Wound Man./The evidence for honey promoting wound healing Vol 6. (4) pg 148-158. 1998
27.: Nurs Stand/The use of honey in wound management. Vol 15. (11) pg 63. 2000
28.: Arch Surgery/Protective covering of surgical wounds with honey impedes Tumo Implantation. vol 135. 2000
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