Pumpkin fans should be proud to hear this one. Scientists from South Korea claimed through his latest research has found a kind of active material in the pumpkin shin that can kill the bacteria causing millions of cases of disease or fungal infection candidiasis.
The experts at Chosun University said a number of diseases caused by microbes tend to become resistant to antibiotics that exist today. The phenomenon was triggered them to find other ways to treat diseases caused by bacteria.
In his research report, Kyung-Soo Hahm, Yoonkyung Park and his colleagues noted that the pumpkin is already known in traditional medicine in some countries.
The fact that then inspire them to make a protein extract from the skin of the pumpkin. This type of protein and then tested in the laboratory with a variety of microbes, including candida albicans, a type of fungus causes vaginal yeast infections, diaper rash in infants and other illnesses.
The result of research in cell culture showed, one type of protein has a strong influence in inhibiting the growth of C. albicans, without causing toxic effects.
From the study published the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry researchers conluded that the protein in the skin of the pumpkin can be developed as a natural remedy to overcome the fungal infections in hum
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