Abstract
Honey is a natural sweet substance produced by honey bees. Honey has a very complex chemical composition that varies depending on the botanical source. It has been used both as food and medicine since ancient times. Honey has long been used for treatment of various diseases in folk medicine around the world. The present study was planned to explore the effect of Natural Honey (NH) on the intestinal transit of rats. The rats were fed chow, fresh palm oil diet (FPOD), Thermoxidized Palm Oil Diet (TPOD) and NH; and further the transit point was calculated as a percentage of the total length of the intestine. The NH treated rats significantly decreased the intestinal transit of rats compared to other groups. The findings exhibited that natural honey used for the treatment of diarrhoea.
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