The antibacterial activity of honey on helicobacter pylori.

Objective: This project aimed to assess the antibacterial potential of various brands of honey sold in Muscat area on some isolates of H. pylori and to determine if there is any synergy between honey and amoxycillin or clarithromycin used in the treatment of H. pylori gastritis and duodenal ulcer.

The effect of preservatives on the sterility of microorganisms introduced into different fruit juices.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the degree of sterility of some fruit juices post manufacture and to determine how effective the preservatives in them aid the killing of some microorganisms introduced into them.

Material/methods: Blackcurrant/raspberry, apple, guava, orange, mango, and mixed fruits were each checked for sterility by inoculating 100 microl separately in tryptone soy broth, Robertson's cooked meat, and Sabouraud broth and incubating for growth for 72 hours at 37 degrees C. Twenty-milliliter aliquots of each juice were subsequently kept in a 37 degrees C water bath and inoculated separately with S.

Antibacterial activity of Omani honey alone and in combination with gentamicin.

Objective: To investigate the anti-Staphylococcal activity of Omani honey, gentamicin and combination of the 2.

Methods: This study was conducted in the Laboratories of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman in 2004. Thirty honey samples from different parts of Oman were investigated for their activity against Staphylococcus aureus, using an agar well diffusion technique.