02 October 2017 02 Oct 2017

The literature includes reports on numerous honeys, from different floral sources, for in vitro antimicrobial activity in particular. Due to the pioneering work of the late Peter Molan3 in New Zealand over the past 25 years, it has emerged that of the range of honeys tested, those from one source, manuka, has particularly high antimicrobial activity.4 Subsequently many other reports have supported and clarified this activity this is summarised in a review by Carter et al.