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Honey as a complementary medicine

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dc.contributor.authorMiguel, M. G.
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Maria Dulce
dc.contributor.authorFaleiro, Maria Leonor
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:52:34Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:52:34Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.description.abstractThe beneficial effects of honey on human health have long been recognized. Today, many of those positive effects have been studied to elucidate its mode of action. This review briefly summarizes the best studied features of honey, highlighting it as an appealing alternative medicine. In these reports, the health benefits of honey range from antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory activity to anticancer action, metabolic and cardiovascular benefits, prebiotic properties, human pathogen control, and antiviral activity. These studies also support that the honey's biological activity is mainly dependent on its floral or geographic origin. In addition, some promising synergies between honey and antibiotics have been found, as well as some antiviral properties that require further investigation. Altogether, these studies show that honey is effectively a nutraceutical foodstuff.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1178633717702869
dc.identifier.issn1177-3936
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11126
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
dc.subjectPerformance liquid-chromatography
dc.subjectCommercial moroccan honeys
dc.subjectRandomized clinical-trial
dc.subjectWound-healing properties
dc.subjectDifferent floral origin
dc.subjectIn-vitro
dc.subjectNatural honey
dc.subjectManuka honey
dc.subjectBotanical origin
dc.subjectAntioxidant capacity
dc.titleHoney as a complementary medicine
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleIntegrative Medicine Insights
oaire.citation.volume12
person.familyNameAntunes
person.familyNameFaleiro
person.givenNameMaria Dulce
person.givenNameMaria Leonor
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person.identifier.ciencia-idC11B-9B05-217E
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3878-6948
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