Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
Department of Pharmacognosy, Wrocław Medical University, ul. Borowska 211a, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
Molecules. 2018 Jan 28;23(2):260. doi: 10.3390/molecules23020260.
The antimicrobial activity of 144 samples of honeys including 95 products from apiaries located in Northern Poland was evaluated. The antibacterial activity of those natural products, their thermal stability, and activity in the presence of catalase was investigated by microdilution assays in titration plates. The MTT assay was performed for the determination of anti-biofilm activity. Spectrophotometric assays were used for the determination of antioxidant potential, total phenolic content, and ability to generate hydrogen peroxide. Some of the investigated honeys exhibited surprisingly high antimicrobial, especially anti-staphylococcal, potential, with Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values of only 1.56% (). Much higher resistance was observed in the case of staphylococci growing as biofilms. Lower concentrations of the product, up to 12.5% () stimulated its growth and effective eradication of biofilm required concentration of at least 25% (). Hydrogen peroxide has been identified as a crucial contributor to the antimicrobial activity of honeys supplied by Polish beekeepers. However, some of the results suggest that phytochemicals, especially polyphenols, play an important role depending on botanical source (both positive, e.g., in the case of buckwheat honeys as well as negative, e.g., in the case of some rapeseed honeys) in their antimicrobial potential.
评估了包括波兰北部 95 个养蜂场产品在内的 144 种蜂蜜样本的抗菌活性。通过滴定板中的微量稀释测定法研究了这些天然产物的抗菌活性、热稳定性以及在过氧化氢酶存在下的活性。采用 MTT 测定法测定抗生物膜活性。采用分光光度法测定抗氧化潜力、总酚含量和产生过氧化氢的能力。一些研究中的蜂蜜表现出令人惊讶的高抗菌,特别是抗葡萄球菌潜力,最小抑菌浓度(MIC)值仅为 1.56%()。作为生物膜生长的葡萄球菌观察到的抗性要高得多。产品的浓度较低,低至 12.5%()刺激其生长,有效根除生物膜需要至少 25%()的浓度。过氧化氢已被确定为波兰养蜂人供应的蜂蜜抗菌活性的关键贡献者。然而,一些结果表明,植物化学物质,尤其是多酚,根据其植物来源(正面的,例如荞麦蜂蜜,以及负面的,例如某些油菜蜂蜜),在其抗菌潜力中发挥重要作用。