Department of Biological Sciences

Waikato Honey Research Unit

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Contents

• Research interests of the Honey Research Unit
• People working in the Honey Research Unit
• Publications from the Honey Research Unit
• Honey as an antimicrobial agent
• The potential for using honey to treat wounds infected with MRSA and VRE - text of a paper presented at the First Wound Healing Congress
• The clinical evidence for the effectiveness of honey as a wound dressing
• Statement on results of the HALT trial on leg ulcers (PDF file, 68 KB)
• Activity of honey against wound-infecting bacteria (including "superbugs")
• Bibliography of medical usage of honey
• Selection of honey for use as a wound dressing
• What's special about Active Manuka Honey?
• Rating the antibacterial activity of manuka honey
• The way honey is used as a wound dressing (practical information)
• The evidence for honey promoting wound healing - text of a paper published in Primary Intention (The Australian Journal of Wound Management)
• Manuka Honey as a Medicine - text of a paper presented at the Global Bioactives Summit in Hamilton, New Zealand.
• Honey as a topical antibacterial agent for treatment of infected wounds - a paper published in World Wide Wounds.