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CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Manuka honey may kill bacteria by destroying key bacterial proteins, researchers in Wales suggest.
Dr. Rowena Jenkins and colleagues at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff broke down the cells of laboratory grown Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus that had been treated with and without manuka honey for four hours as well as with sugar syrup -- to determine if the effects seen were due to the sugar content in honey.
When the proteins were isolated and separated on a system that displayed each protein as an individual spot, fewer proteins were seen from the manuka honey-treated MRSA cells. One particular protein key to fatty acid biosynthesis -- FabI -- seemed to be missing entirely.
"Manuka and other honeys have been known to have wound healing and anti-bacterial properties for some time," Jenkins said in a statement.
The findings are being presented in Edinburgh at the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at Heriot-Watt University.
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