A New Approach for Indexing Honey for Its Heath/Medicinal Benefits : Visualization of the Concept by Indexing Based on Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities
Background: The goals of the current study were to address a new concept termed a health benefits' index (HBI) and to verify the type of correlation between the pricing of honey and its HBI/medicinal properties. Diverse types of honey from different origins and places were investigated for their antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Methods: We have utilized a modified protocol of the DPPH assay for measuring free radical scavenging and the microdilution test for the determination of antibacterial/antifungal minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs). MICs were determined against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Candida albicans microorganisms. Employing a "combined benefits approach" enabled us to attach to each honey type a unique number of HBI that correlate with honey health and medicinal values. Results: The various types of honey demonstrated significant but variable antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities. Types of wildflower-labeled honey were found to have a wide range of HBI values and medicinal properties, probably due to their containing different nectar contents/phytochemicals. Moreover, an inconsiderable correlation was detected between the market prices of different types of honey and their HBIs. Conclusions: The proposed index of health benefits could be recalculated/updated following measurement of more and more medicinal properties, such as anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and anticancer activities. This index could be used as an effective tool for consumers of honey to evaluate the real value of the purchased product.
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2018 |
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2018 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5 |
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Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) - 5(2018), 4 vom: 17. Dez. |
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Englisch |
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Masalha, Mahmud [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Revised 29.09.2020 published: Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.3390/medicines5040135 |
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