eprintid: 17808 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/01/78/08 datestamp: 2025-06-17 23:30:09 lastmod: 2025-06-17 23:30:10 status_changed: 2025-06-17 23:30:09 type: book_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Majtan, Juraj creators_name: Machado, António creators_name: Giampieri, Francesca creators_name: Álvarez-Suárez, José M. creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es creators_id: title: Health Benefits and Uses of Honey in Medicine ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_sn divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: none abstract: Honey has been used to treat a broad spectrum of injuries, including chronic wounds and burns, since ancient times. It is a widely available folk remedy with pronounced antibacterial, antibiofilm, anti-inflammatory, and reepithelialization properties. Characterization of its wound-healing properties and description of mechanisms of action allow its use in clinical practice. Indeed, medical-grade honey and its related products are used in wound care to prove clinical efficacy and safety. To increase its further clinical use, it is necessary to elucidate the honey-mediated wound-healing process in detail. This chapter aims to characterize recent advancements in the in vitro antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing properties of honey and in clinical testing of medical-grade honey. Although an increasing number of clinical trials using honey as a wound remedy have been conducted, there is inconclusive evidence that honey is superior to standard care and/or other wound care products. Nevertheless, honey was shown to speed up the healing process and is the ideal wound dressing, positively affecting the entire process of wound healing. However, further research and clinical testing are needed to determine the overall efficacy of honey in wound care management. date: 2025-05 publication: Bee Products – Chemical and Biological Properties publisher: Springer, Cham pagerange: 105-140 id_number: doi:10.1007/978-3-031-89049-9_4 refereed: TRUE book_title: Bee Products – Chemical and Biological Properties official_url: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89049-9_4 access: close language: en citation: Sección/Capítulo de Libro Materias > Alimentación Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Artículos y libros Cerrado Inglés Honey has been used to treat a broad spectrum of injuries, including chronic wounds and burns, since ancient times. It is a widely available folk remedy with pronounced antibacterial, antibiofilm, anti-inflammatory, and reepithelialization properties. Characterization of its wound-healing properties and description of mechanisms of action allow its use in clinical practice. Indeed, medical-grade honey and its related products are used in wound care to prove clinical efficacy and safety. To increase its further clinical use, it is necessary to elucidate the honey-mediated wound-healing process in detail. This chapter aims to characterize recent advancements in the in vitro antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing properties of honey and in clinical testing of medical-grade honey. Although an increasing number of clinical trials using honey as a wound remedy have been conducted, there is inconclusive evidence that honey is superior to standard care and/or other wound care products. Nevertheless, honey was shown to speed up the healing process and is the ideal wound dressing, positively affecting the entire process of wound healing. However, further research and clinical testing are needed to determine the overall efficacy of honey in wound care management. metadata Majtan, Juraj; Machado, António; Giampieri, Francesca y Álvarez-Suárez, José M. mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2025) Health Benefits and Uses of Honey in Medicine. In: Bee Products – Chemical and Biological Properties. Springer, Cham, pp. 105-140.