Reduction Effect of Royal Jelly and Rape Honey Alone and in Combination Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains.

Author: Dinko DINKOV ¹ ; Deyan STRATEV ; Ralitsa BALKANSKA ; Daniel SERGELIDIS ; Ivan VASHIN
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1. Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Veterinary Legislation and Management, Trakia University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. dinkodinkov@abv.bg
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Bee honey; Royal jelly; Antibacterial activity; Methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MeSH: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Honey*; Humans; Methicillin Resistance*; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*; Rape*; Skin; Soft Tissue Infections; Staphylococcus aureus
From:Journal of Bacteriology and Virology 2016;46(1):36-43
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Multidrug resistant and methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is involved in severe difficult to treat skin and soft tissue infections in humans. In the present study the antibacterial reduction effect of royal jelly (RJ), rape honey (RH), as well as in combination (RJ:RH, 1:100 w/w) against multidrug resistant MRSA strains was evaluated by means of a microbiological method "in vitro". Royal jelly and rape honey mixture possessed a higher antibacterial activity than rape honey. The concentrations of royal jelly (20 and 30% v/v) had a total inhibitory effect against tested MRSA strains. Royal jelly alone and in rape honey mix (RJ:RH, 1:100 w/w) have a potential as alternative therapeutics against MRSA strains, resistant for antibiotics.