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100% Pure Manuka Honey
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Certified Organic
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Tested Active
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High In Antioxidants
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High In Active Enzymes
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High Antibacterial Potency
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Manuka Research
For centurys honey has been used for food and prized as
medicine by many cultures from around the world. Only recently has
the effectiveness of honey for medical use been linked to its potent
antibacterial properties.
Manuka belongs to the
Leptospermum group of plants which are found in both
Australia and New Zealand. These Leptospermum honeys are unique as
they contain an additional antibacterial component that is unique to
honeys from Leptospermum plants.
Professor Peter Molan
and the team at the Honey Research Unit, Waikato University, New
Zealand have been investigating the therapeutic benefits of Manuka
Honey for over 20 years.
His researched proved that some
Manuka honeys are more effective than others at inhibiting the
growth of many bacteria and fungi. This is due to two separate
active components found in Leptospermum honey.
One activity comes
from hydrogen peroxide which is released from the enzyme glucose
oxidase while the other comes from a natural phytochemical recently
identified as methylglyoxal which makes this honey doubly potent.
There is evidence that these two antibacterial components may have a
synergistic action, ie. their combined effect is greater than the
sum of their individual actions.
Hydrogen Peroxide
The first and most common form of antibacterial activity is due
to Hydrogen peroxide, a powerful cleansing agent, that is slowly
released due to the action of an enzyme glucose oxidase, when Manuka
honey is taken internally or applied topically to the skin. It
produces a strong antiseptic and healing effect without damaging
sensitive tissues.
However not all Manuka honeys have this
ability to produce Hydrogen peroxide. Some do not contain sufficient
levels of the enzyme responsible for the release of hydrogen
peroxide from the honey. |
