Researchers in Australia are amazed to have found an all purpose cure-all from local Manuka honey. The new research has shown that this honey kills every type of bacteria scientists have given it including antibiotic resistant "superbugs".
This is not just regular honey. It comes only from bees which feed off of tea trees native to Australia and New Zealand.
"Honey sounds very homey and unscientific, which is why we needed the science to validate the claims made for it," Professor Carter said.
"Most bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one antibiotic, and there is an urgent need for new ways to treat and control surface infections," she said.
"New antibiotics tend to have short shelf lives, as the bacteria they attack quickly become resistant. Many large pharmaceutical companies have abandoned antibiotic production because of the difficulty of recovering costs. Developing effective alternatives could therefore save many lives."
Professor Carter said the fascinating thing was that none of the bacteria researchers used to test the honey, including superbugs such as flesh-eating bacteria, built up any immunity.
She said a compound in the honey called methylglyoxal -- toxic on its own -- combined in unknown ways with other unidentified compounds in the honey to cause "multi-system failure" in the bacteria.
The results of the research project are published in this month's European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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