[CutePuppy]

The European chestnut (Castanea sativa), also known as the sweet chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world. The tree attains a height of 100 feet (30 m). It has rugged, grooved bark and glossy, serrate, oblong-lanceolate leaves up to 11 inches (28 cm) in length. Image credit: Willow, Germany / CC BY-SA 3.0.

[taxcontrol]

Ok, mix that with some honey, onion extract .... sounds like the old alchemist may have been ahead of their times.

[DoughtyOne]

Excellent. I figured it was only a matter of time.

Sure makes you think about clearing the rain forest and things like that.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Chestnuts were widespread here. Then the blight killed most of them.

[Bob434]

[[Rather than killing Staphylococcus aureus, the chestnut leaf extract — rich in oleanene and ursene derivatives (pentacyclic triterpenes) — works by taking away bacteria’s weapons, essentially shutting off the ability of the bacteria to create toxins that cause tissue damage.]]

Ok fine- but now we’ve got staph lying dormant in our bodies? What happens when the extract is stopped?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Thanks! Nice find.

[matthew fuller]

I haven’t heard of this. Here’s something else that might be of interest-

http://www.coppertouchsurfaces.org/antimicrobial/

[dadfly]

bookmark

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping! (MRSA)

[gaijin]

Later

[cycjec]

thanks!