Carnivorous Plants: The Latest Source Of Anti-Fungal Drugs
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 17:35
in Biology & Nature
The chemical compounds carnivorous plants in the tropics use to dissolve their prey could serve as a new class of anti-fungal drugs for use in human medicine, according to researchers from Tel Aviv University's Department of Plant Sciences. In a study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, scientists document how the natural compounds from the carnivorous plant Nepenthes khasiana, native to India, were found effective as anti-fungal drugs against human fungal infections widespread in hospitals. read more