Costa rican pot-honey: Its medicinal use and antibacterial effect

 

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Autores: Zamora Fallas, Luis Gabriel, Arias, María Laura, Aguilar Monge, Ingrid, Umaña Rojas, Eduardo
Formato: capítulo de libro
Fecha de Publicación:2012
Descripción:There are very few records on the use of pot-honey by indigenous people of Costa Rica. Our evaluation concerns antimicrobial activity of honey samples from Tetragonisca angustula, Melipona beecheii and Apis mellifera, performed to determine whether traditional appreciation of stingless bee honey from Costa Rica, over that of A. mellifera honey, is justified by this criterion. The stingless bee honeys were more active than that of A. mellifera against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa―currently the major causes of burn and wound infections. The results presented herein are among the first steps towards further study of antimicrobial components in Costa Rican stingless bee honey.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/18944
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/18944
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4960-7_37
Palabra clave:ABEJAS
COSTA RICA
APICULTURA
MIEL
MEDICINA ALTERNATIVA
BEES
BEEKEEPING
HONEY
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE