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> From: Rick Laferriere <rlaferriere@...>

> Date: June 24, 2010 9:19:37 AM EDT

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> Subject: [LymeInfo] [sci] In Vitro Effectiveness of Samento and

> Banderol Herbal Extracts on Different Forms of Bb

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> In Vitro Effectiveness of Samento and Banderol Herbal Extracts on the

> Different Morphological Forms of Borrelia Burgdorferi

> by Akshita Datar, Navroop Kaur, Seema Patel, F. Luecke, and Eva

> Sapi, PhD

> Lyme Disease Research Group, University of New Haven

>

> Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, July 2010

> http://www.townsendletter.com/July2010/sapi0710.html

>

> Abstract

>

> A tick-borne, multisystemic disease, Lyme borreliosis caused by the

> spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi has grown into a major public health

> problem during the last 10 years. The primary treatment for chronic

> Lyme

> disease is administration of various antibiotics.

>

> However, relapse often occurs when antibiotic treatment is

> discontinued.

> One possible explanation for this is that B. burgdorferi become

> resistant to antibiotic treatment, by converting from their vegetative

> spirochete form into different round bodies and/or into biofilmlike

> colonies. There is an urgent need to find novel therapeutic agents

> that

> can eliminate all these different morphologies of B. burgdorferi.

>

> In this study, two herbal extracts, Samento and Banderol, as well as

> doxycycline (one of the primary antibiotics for Lyme disease

> treatment)

> were tested for their in vitro effectiveness on several of the

> different

> morphological forms of B. burgdorferi (spirochetes, round bodies, and

> biofilmlike colonies) using fluorescent, darkfield microscopic, and

> BacLight viability staining methods.

>

> Our results demonstrated that both herbal agents, but not doxycycline,

> had very significant effects on all forms of B. burgdorferi,

> especially

> when used in combination, suggesting that herbal agents could

> provide an

> effective therapeutic approach for Lyme disease patients.

>

> Full text:

> http://www.townsendletter.com/July2010/sapi0710.html

>

> There are several articles in this July 2010 issue of the Townsend

> Letter on topics related to Lyme disease which can be viewed in the

> print edition. View the Table of Contents for the July 2010 issue

> here:

> http://www.townsendletter.com/July2010/July2010.html

>

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