Naegleria fowleri: Leaves of a traditional medicinal plant kills amoebae in lab studies
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a deadly disease caused by the brain-eating amoeba" Naegleria fowleri, is becoming more common in some areas of the world, and it has no effective treatment. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Chemical Neuroscience have found that a compound isolated from the leaves of a traditional medicinal plant, Inula viscosa or false yellowhead," kills the amoebae by [...]
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