Honey: Food or Medicine?

Honey: Food or Medicine?

Prof. Dr. Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +603-92897297 Fax: +603-26938037 Email: anum@medic.ukm.my/rahmatyasmin@yahoo.com

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