Pepper Compound Mighty Against Mold

摘要

[...] in just the last decade, ARS microbiologist Anthony De Lucca and colleagues reported evidence that cayenne pepper contains novel antifungal plant compounds within the saponin chemical family. CAY-1 Versus Skin Fungi The SRRC researchers have also recently collaborated with physician Thomas Walsh and others at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Maryland, to study CAY-1 activity against Microsporum canis and Trichophyton rubrum, which are dermatophytic, or skin, fungal pathogens that infect immunocompromised individuals.