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Scottish honeys ‘exceptional’ in fight against superbugs

Scottish honeys ‘exceptional’ in fight against superbugs

24 Jan 2017

Honey (By Scott Bauer, USDA ARS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)
"Using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry techniques, researchers discovered novel antimicrobial compounds in certain Scottish honeys which make them comparable in effectiveness to established antimicrobial honeys."
Honey (By Scott Bauer, USDA ARS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

Certain Scottish honeys have shown antimicrobial activities equal to that of commercial ‘super-honeys’ and may be useful in the ongoing fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, scientists at the James Hutton Institute and Queen Margaret University (QMU) have found.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute