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Medihoney

Nicholas Landau njl2q at virginia.edu
Mon Apr 30 15:46:23 EST 2001


Martin Smith wrote:
> 
> Anyone know of any antibiotic substances in honey besides the bacteriostatic
> sugar concentration and the enzymatic hydrogen peroxyde production? We cant
> put our hands on the substance which seems to inhibit Staphylococci better
> than most antibiotics?

Isn't the sugar concentration alone enough to supress Staph growth?




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