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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Honey as a Natural Antimicrobial.

Matthew Chidozie Ogwu, Sylvester Chibueze Izah

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Matthew Chidozie OgwuGoodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State University, 212 Living Learning Center, 305 Bodenheimer Drive, Boone, NC 28608, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6054-1667
Sylvester Chibueze IzahDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Bayelsa Medical University, Yenagoa 569101, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0001-5526-006X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Honey, a natural product with a rich history of medicinal use, has gained increasing recognition for its potent antimicrobial properties, particularly against antibiotic-resistant pathogens. This review focuses on the antimicrobial mechanisms of honey, including its efficacy against resistant bacteria, such as Methicillin-resistant

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antibiotic resistanceantimicrobial propertieshoneynatural remedieswound healing

Identifiers

PMID40149066
PMCPMC11939154

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