Biological Properties and Therapeutic Activities of Honey in Wound Healing: A narrative review and meta-analysis

For thousands of years, honey has been used for medicinal applications. The beneficial effects of honey, particularly its anti-microbial activity represent it as a useful option for management of various wounds. Honey contains major amounts of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins, vitamin and minerals that have important roles in wound healing with minimum trauma during redressing. Because bees have different nutritional behavior and collect the nourishments from different and various plants, the produced honeys have different compositions.
Source: Journal of Tissue Viability - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research