An in vitro Comparison of the Antimicrobial Activity of Honey, Iodine and Silver

Wound Dressings Bioscience Horizons, Volume4, Issue1, Pp. 61-70

The main line of treatment for chronic wounds is the application of an appropriate dressing. Dressings can be used to reduce odour and pain, maintain a moist healing environment, remove excessive exudate and prevent clinical infection.

Antimicrobial compounds such as silver, honey and iodine have been in use for millennia. The