Table 3 Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of honey against pathogenic bacteria causing skin disease
Source | Type of pollen | MIC and MBC (% honey) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacterial strains | |||||||||||
S. aureus | MRSA 49 | MRSA 50 | Corynebacterium sp. | P.acnes | |||||||
MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | ||
1 | Longan | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 |
Lychee | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | |
Polyflora | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
2 | Longan | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 |
Sunflower | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | |
Polyflora | 25 | >50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | |
3 | Longan | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 |
Lychee | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | |
Polyflora | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | |
Forest flower | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | |
4 | Coffee | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 12.5 | 50 | 25 | 50 |
5 | Polyflora | 25 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
6 | Lychee | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 |
Sunflower | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | >50 | 50 | >50 | |
Polyflora | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | |
Sesame | 25 | 50 | 25 | >50 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 50 | 50 | |
Mānuka honey | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 3.125 | 6.25 | 25 | 25 | |