How can honey as a medium kill microbes and prevent their growth?!


Question: How can honey as a medium kill microbes and prevent their growth!?
Honey is a good antiseptic!. Hospitals, in earlier times, sometimes used honey soaked dressings to prevent wounds from getting infected!. Think and write how honey as a medium can kill microbes and prevent their growth!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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The high sugar content of honey causes crenation (cells shrink) of microbes through osmosis!. Since there is higher sugar content outside the cell wall of microbes compared to the inside, water tends to move out of the organism preventing its growth and ultimately killing it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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