The effects of honey on phagocytic activity against Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

Bee honey is a natural substance reported to stimulate the human immune system. this study aimed at evaluating the in vitro effects of bee honey in stimulation the phagocytosis against S.aureus .this study included tow human blood groups ,bee honey treated group and control blood group, tow blood groups are inoculated with S.aureus bacteria , after 1hr and 30 min incubation at 37cْ ,phagocytic activity towards S.aureus was assessed by determining the number of ingested S.aureus phagocytes per 100 cells (phagocytes and non phagocytes). The results revealed that bee honey at 1% concentration significantly enhanced the phagocytic activity .