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SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Suarez JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5302252 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alvarez-Suarez José M JM Gasparrini Massimiliano M Forbes-Hernández Tamara Y TY Mazzoni Luca L Giampieri Francesca F
Foods (Basel, Switzerland) 20140721 3
Honey has been used as a food and medical product since the earliest times. It has been used in many cultures for its medicinal properties, as a remedy for burns, cataracts, ulcers and wound healing, because it exerts a soothing effect when initially applied to open wounds. Depending on its origin, honey can be classified in different categories among which, monofloral honey seems to be the most promising and interesting as a natural remedy. Manuka honey, a monofloral honey derived from the manu ...[more]