Figure 1.
Location and activity of honey samples.
a) Samples from west Australia (WA = Western Australia); b) Samples from east Australia and Tasmania (QLD = Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; SA = South Australia; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania). Numbers indicate floral source of the honey samples with non-hydrogen peroxide activity: 1. Leptospermum spp. alone; 2. Leptospermum spp. in mixed flora; 3. Unspecified flora; 4. Melaleuca and brush box; 5. Spotted gum; 6. Forest red gum; 7. Clover; 8. Wild flowers; 9. Messmate stringybark; 10. Orchard; 11. Coastal Moort; 12. Melaleuca alone.
Figure 2.
Total antibacterial activity of Australian honey samples.
Graph shows combined peroxide and non-peroxide dependent activity in 477 honey samples collected from Australian floral sources, divided into increments of (w/v) phenol equivalent.
Table 1.
Total antibacterial activity of honey samples from floral sources with a sample size ≥3, ranked by median activity.
Table 2.
Honey samples exhibiting non-peroxide antibacterial activity.
Table 3.
Non-peroxide antibacterial activity and region of origin of honey derived from single Leptospermum species.
Table 4.
Change in antibacterial activity of honey samples following storage.