Manuka Honey Producers Split on Medicinal Test Standard
Sour Words Over Honey
By Kimberley Villari - The Independent, 4/24/2009
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2009/04/manuka-honey-producers-split-on.html
Relations between manuka honey producers are souring, with research
splitting the industry over the best test to use to determine the
product's healing properties. Waikato University research released last
week uncovered the source of methylglyoxal (MGO), one component which
helps give manuka honey its antibacterial activity. The scientists found
MGO was derived from dihydroxyacetone (DHA) in the nectar of the manuka
flower…
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