Demonstrating the safety of manuka honey UMF® 20+in a human clinical trial with healthy individuals

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1023-1028

  Wallace, Alison ^a   Eady, Sarah ^a   Miles, Michelle ^a   Martin, Harry ^a   McLachlan, Andrew ^a   Rodier, Maroussia ^a   Willis, Jinny ^b   Scott, Russell ^b   Sutherland, Juliet ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advanced glycation endproducts; Allergic response; Gut health; Manuka honey

Indexed keywords

6 N CARBOXYMETHYLLYSINE; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLGLYOXAL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UMF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNIQUE MANUKA HONEY FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HONEY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEPTOSPERMUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HONEY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEPTOSPERMUM; LYSINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77951217474     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992777     Document Type: Article

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