Evaluation of the Effects of Honey on Acute-Phase Deep Burn Wounds
Table 5
The level of serum TNF-α in each group.
30 min
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
No treatment
8.8 ± 0.8b
12.3 ± 2.2
10.2 ± 1.0
11.0 ± 1.5
9.5 ± 0.8
SSD
9.2 ± 1.2
16.6 ± 11.2
11.6 ± 1.2
10.2 ± 0.7
12.1 ± 2.2
Manuka honey
8.8 ± 0.7
10.4 ± 2.2
12.4 ± 4.2
10.5 ± 1.0
12.5 ± 1.5
Acacia honey
8.7 ± 0.7
11.4 ± 1.0
6.9 ± 2.9
11.4 ± 0.9
11.5 ± 1.0c
Values are expressed as mean ± SD, ANOVA, and Tukey-Kramer HSD. in all groups. γ
′′: versus manuka honey, b: versus day 1, b′′: versus day 1, c: versus day 2, and c′: versus day 2.
