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Selected references

1. Abenavoli FM, Corelli R. Honey therapy. Ann.Plast.Surg. 2004;52(6):627.
2. Al Waili NS. Topical honey application vs. acyclovir for the treatment of recurrent herpes simplex lesions. Med.Sci.Monit. 2004;10(8):MT94-MT98.
3. Bose B. Honey or sugar in treatment of infected wounds? Lancet 4-24-1982;1(8278):963.
4. Hou YC, Ching H, Chao PD, et al. Effects of glucose, fructose and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde on the presystemic metabolism and absorption of glycyrrhizin in rabbits. J.Pharm.Pharmacol. 2005;57(2):247-251.
5. Kaufmann A, Kaenzig A. Contamination of honey by the herbicide asulam and its antibacterial active metabolite sulfanilamide. Food Addit.Contam 2004;21(6):564-571.
6. Keast-Butler J. Honey for necrotic malignant breast ulcers. Lancet 10-11-1980;2(8198):809.
7. Molan PC, Betts JA. Clinical usage of honey as a wound dressing: an update. J.Wound.Care 2004;13(9):353-356.
8. Postmes T, van den Bogaard AE, Hazen M. Honey for wounds, ulcers, and skin graft preservation. Lancet 3-20-1993;341(8847):756-757.
9. Schumacher HH. Use of medical honey in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers after split-skin grafting. J.Wound.Care 2004;13(10):451-452.
10. Staunton CJ, Halliday LC, Garcia KD. The use of honey as a topical dressing to treat a large, devitalized wound in a stumptail macaque (Macaca arctoides). Contemp.Top Lab Anim Sci. 2005;44(4):43-45.
11. Subrahmanyam M. A prospective randomised clinical and histological study of superficial burn wound healing with honey and silver sulfadiazine. Burns 1998;24(2):157-161.
12. Subrahmanyam M. Early tangential excision and skin grafting of moderate burns is superior to honey dressing: a prospective randomised trial. Burns 1999;25(8):729-731.
13. Subrahmanyam M. Honey dressing versus boiled potato peel in the treatment of burns: a prospective randomized study. Burns 1996;22(6):491-493.
14. Subrahmanyam M. Honey impregnated gauze versus polyurethane film (OpSite) in the treatment of burns--a prospective randomised study. Br.J.Plast.Surg. 1993;46(4):322-323.
15. Subrahmanyam M. Storage of skin grafts in honey. Lancet 1-2-1993;341(8836):63-64.

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