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Chestnut leaf molecule disarms staph bacteria
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New molecule found in chestnut leaves disarms dangerous staph bacteria
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New molecule extracted from the leaves of chestnut tree neutralizes staph bacteria
Scientists isolated a molecule, extracted from the leaves of the European chestnut tree, with the power to neutralize dangerous, drug-resistant staph bacteria.
Frontiers in Pharmacology published the finding, led by scientists at Emory University.
The researchers dubbed the molecule Castaneroxy A, after the genus of the European chestnut, Castanea. The use of chestnut leaves in traditional folk remedies in rural Italy inspired the research. We were able to isolate this molecule, new to science, that occurs only in very tiny quantities in the chestnut leaves, says Cassandra Quave, senior author of the paper and associate professor in Emory s Center for the Study of Human Health and the School of Medicine s Department of Dermatology. We also showed how it disarms Methicillin-resistant
New molecule found in chestnut leaves disarms dangerous staph bacteria
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P. LOWRY/MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
Over the past decade, botanist Pete Lowry has noticed a worrying trend in his field. An expert on the
Sciodaphyllum (formerly
Schefflera) genus of neotropical plants, he used to have a relatively easy time doing fieldwork abroad, he says. Now, however, he and his colleagues at the Missouri Botanical Garden face a mountain of logistical hurdles to gain permission to work in the various countries they want to visit, let alone bring samples back home with them.
For example, although one of Lowry’s study species,
S. patulum, extends from southeastern Ecuador through Peru and into Bolivia, he says he often has to limit the scope of his research to a single country to avoid engaging in the time-consuming and costly process of obtaining permits in each. It’s frustrating, he says, because “with the exception of islands and locally endemic species, species don’t know border limits. [They] occur wherever they occur.”