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Home Toad Brains Brimming With Powerful Germ-Fighters

Toad Brains Brimming With Powerful Germ-Fighters

submitted by agwartney on April 14, 2011
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Tags: antibacterial , antimicrobial , antiviral , brains , frog , toad
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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Frog and toad skins already are renowned as cornucopias of hundreds of germ-fighting substances. Now a new report in ACS's Journal of Proteome Research reveals that the toad brains also may contain an abundance of antibacterial and antiviral substances that could inspire a new generation of medicines.
 
 

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