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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/09/23/green-tea-may-hold-answer-rise-drug-resistant-superbugs/Telegraph News Science
Green tea may hold the answer to rise of drug-resistant superbugs
Henry Bodkin, Science Correspondent
23 September 2019 • 2:08pm
The answer to the threat from drug-resistant superbugs may have been found in green tea, scientists have revealed.
A series of experiments showed that an antibiotic which is proving increasingly useless against serious infections regained its effectiveness when used with an agent found in large quantities in the drink.
Researchers at the University of Surrey combined epigallocatechin (EGCG) with the antibiotic, finding the combination was up to 31 per cent more effective at killing off harmful bacteria compared to the drug antibiotic alone.
A type of catechin, or natural phenol antioxidant, EGCG also occurs in smaller quantities in black tea leaves, as well as apple skins, plums and onions.
Published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, the study focused on P. aeruginosa, the bug behind a number of serious respiratory and bloodstream infections.
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