Abstract

ANTIBACTERIAL (WOUND INFECTING BACTERIA) AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HONEY AND IT’S COMPOUND CHARACTERIZATION

Dr. K. Anandhi*

Abstract

Honey is the natural sweet substance from nectar or blossom or from the secretion of the living parts or excretion of plants which the honeybees collect and store. It was widely used in traditional medicine but it use in modern medicine is limited because of the lack of scientific support. Among its several uses, honey is used for the treatment of many infections and also used effectively as wound dressing including surgical wounds, burns and skin ulcer. In this study four different honey samples were collected and investigated for its antimicrobial activity using disc diffusion and well diffusion methods and anticancer activity against HeLa Cell Line.

Keywords: MDR (Multi Drug Resistant), MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration), Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), (PBS)-Phosphate Buffered Saline.