Antibacterial properties of honey from Malaysian Stingless Bee
Introduction: Stingless bee honey or known as madu kelulut has significant contribution in antimicrobial activity. Naturally, bees from the genus Apis forage on one floral source thus producing monofloral honey. Most honey are monofloral and named according to their respective plant species. Manu...
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2016
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| Summary: | Introduction: Stingless bee honey or known as madu kelulut has significant contribution in
antimicrobial activity. Naturally, bees from the genus Apis forage on one floral source thus
producing monofloral honey. Most honey are monofloral and named according to their respective
plant species. Manuka honey the well-known New Zealand medical-grade honey is named in
respect to the Manuka tree, Leptospermum scoparium. Contrarily, bees from the genus Trigona
or known as stingless honey bees forage on diverse floral sources to produce polyfloral or
multifloral honey, and thus to name the honey according to a tree species is not applicable.
Therefore, honey produced multiflorally is named according to the forager bee species such as
Trigona itama honey or Trigona thoracica honey. Nevertheless, the efficacy of monofloral and
multifloral honey on the treatment of human diseases and to claim which honey is superior to
another is still under investigation. Objective: To explore the efficacy of Malaysian stingless bee
honey. Methodology: Stingless bee honey and non-stingless bee honey were used to compare
the antibacterial activities against pathogenic bacteria. Results: For the first time, the study has
shown that stingless bee honey (madu kelulut) has higher antibacterial activities compared to
non-stingless bee honey (madu tualang). The finding is supported by minimum inhibitory
concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). Similarly, agar well diffusion
method demonstrated that the zone of inhibition on the culture plate of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes is higher after treatment using
stingless bee honey compared to non-stingless bee honey. In addition, stingless bee honey
contained crucial bioactive compound for the therapy of human diseases. Conclusion: Malaysian
stingless bee honey has crucial antibacterial properties against Gram-positive and Gram-negative
bacteria. |
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