Manuka Honey and Reduced Bacterial Infection Rates

• A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of active manuka honey and standard oral care for radiation-induced oral mucositis.

  • 2012-04
  • RCT · n = 131
  • The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery 50(3)
  • • Joy Bardy
    • Alex Molassiotis
    • W David Ryder
    • Kathleen Mais
    • Andrew Sykes
    • Beng Yap
    • Lip Lee
    • Ed Kaczmarski
    • Nicholas Slevin

  • PubMed: 21636188
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2011.03.005

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Bacterial Infection Rates

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Clinical

  both the honey and the syrup seemed to be associated with a reduction in bacterial infections.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  20 ml 4 times daily for 6 weeks