Guest guest Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 I got this from my organic gardening list:) Maybe this is why when I took cayenne, my leaky gut appeared worse, the holes got bigger from dead candida??? Deb > STORY LEAD: > Peppers Put the " Heat " on Pests > ___________________________________________ > > ARS News Service > Agricultural Research Service, USDA > March 15, 2001 > Jan Suszkiw, (301) 504-1630, jsuszkiw@... > ___________________________________________ > > Cayenne pepper, a popular spice for flavoring food, is known for its > heat-producing properties from the substance capsaicin. Agricultural > Research Service scientists also have found that cayenne peppers contain > another potent substance in the saponin chemical family that kills several > noxious fungi and yeasts. > > And because this pepper saponin, called CAY-1, is not toxic to human cells > at microbial-killing doses, MycoLogics, Inc., a Denver, Colorado, firm, has > begun testing its potential as a candidate drug for treating patients with > fungal infections. MycoLogics is doing so under an agreement with ARS's > Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, La., according to > DeLucca, a microbiologist there. > > He and chemists Bland and Craig Vigo discovered CAY-1 during research > to identify plant compounds that could be used as crop protectants against > spoilage microorganisms such as Aspergillus fungi, which make aflatoxins. > Cayenne peppers topped an unusual list of organisms--including Cecropia > moths, tree frogs, and bacteria--that produce other novel antifungal > compounds. > > Though CAY-1 proved active against Aspergillus and other important microbial > crop pests, DeLucca speculated its properties might also interest medical > researchers seeking candidate drug compounds to fight emerging fungal > threats to human health. That curiosity led to collaborative studies with > National Institutes of Health scientist Tom Walsh, University of Cincinnati > researcher Melanine Cushion, and MycoLogic president Claude Seltrennikoff. > > In a paper undergoing peer review, they report results from bioassay studies > in which germinating and non-germinating cultures of four bacterial, six > fungal and one yeast species were exposed to different CAY-1 concentrations. > For example, in one test against Candida albicans, which causes thrush and > other human infections, a 2.6 microgram-per-milliliter dose curbed the > microbe's growth by 93 percent. Additionally, none of the antimicrobial > concentrations used caused harm to human cervix cell cultures. CAY-1 also > wasn't toxic to cells from lung tissue, where Aspergillus and Pneumocystis > carinii fungi can cause serious infections in immuno-compromised patients. > > ARS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency, > has filed a patent on CAY-1. > > ___________________________________________ > > Scientific contact: Tony J. De Lucca, ARS Southern Regional Research Center, > New Orleans, La., phone (504) 286-4253, fax (504) 286-4419, > adelucca@.... > ___________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 Debbie Mc wrote: > I got this from my organic gardening list:) > Maybe this is why when I took cayenne, my leaky gut appeared > worse, the holes got bigger from dead candida??? Deb > > > STORY LEAD: > > Peppers Put the " Heat " on Pests Debbie, More probably, the toxins from the ones you killed off with cayenne entered the previous existing holes. Have you ever tried to patch your plumbing with colostrum? Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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