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. 2021 Jul 14;10(7):1632. doi: 10.3390/foods10071632

Table 4.

The effect of sugar and honey solutions at different concentrations on the release of cellular material, absorbing at 260 nm, from P. aeruginosa and S. pneumoniae. The degree of bacteriolysis was expressed in percentage compared to the control.

Concentrations (%) Lysis of P. aeruginosa Cells Lysis of S. pneumoniae Cells
Sugar Black Locust Linden Sunflower Sugar Black Locust Linden Sunflower
A260 (%) A260 (%)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 22.1 25.8 32.9 27.0 26.4 31.6 39.5 30.9
60 30.2 36.8 40.2 35.9 33.7 38.9 42.5 40.1
90 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100