EMBALMING WITH HONEY: QUEST FOR AN ECO-FRIENDLY AND NON-TOXIC MUSEUM
Kunal Sah 1 , Sunira Chandra 2
Departments of 1 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, 2 Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saraswati Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abstract
According to Codex Alimentarius, ‘Honey is the natural sweet substance, produced by honeybees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants, or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature’. It can also penetrate the tissue deep and prevent autolysis and putrefaction. This paper highlights the usefulness of honey as an embalming agent.
Keywords: Embalming, honey, museum
Sah K, Chandra S. Embalming with honey: Quest for an eco‑friendly and non‑toxic museum. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2023;27:533-6.
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