Reduction Effect of Royal Jelly and Rape Honey Alone and in Combination Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains

Multidrug resistant and methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is involved in severe difficult to treatskin and soft tissue infections in humans. In the present study the antibacterial reduction effect of royal jelly (RJ), rapehoney (RH), as well as in combination (RJ:RH, 1:100 w/w) against multidrug resistant MRSA strains was evaluated bymeans of a microbiological method "in vitro". Royal jelly and rape honey mixture possessed a higher antibacterialactivity than rape honey. The concentrations of royal jelly (20 and 30% v/v) had a total inhibitory effect against testedMRSA strains. Royal jelly alone and in rape honey mix (RJ:RH, 1:100 w/w) have a potential as alternative therapeuticsagainst MRSA strains, resistant for antibiotics. KCI Citation Count: 0