What's in a Name? Can Mullein Weed Beat TB Where Modern Drugs Are Failing?

Common mullein weed (Verbascum thapsus) has a large number of synonyms and old local “nick names” which connect the plant with mycobacteria. A strong history of medicinal use has been uncovered for the treatment of tuberculosis, tubercular skin disease, leprosy, and mycobacterial disease in animals....

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Autores principales: McCarthy, Eibhlín, O'Mahony, Jim M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2952292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20953419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/239237
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description Common mullein weed (Verbascum thapsus) has a large number of synonyms and old local “nick names” which connect the plant with mycobacteria. A strong history of medicinal use has been uncovered for the treatment of tuberculosis, tubercular skin disease, leprosy, and mycobacterial disease in animals. Here, we examine problems encountered in treating such diseases today, the historical and scientific links between mullein and pathogenic bacteria, and the possibility that this common weed could harbour the answer to beating one of the world's biggest infectious killers.
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spelling pubmed-29522922010-10-15 What's in a Name? Can Mullein Weed Beat TB Where Modern Drugs Are Failing? McCarthy, Eibhlín O'Mahony, Jim M. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article Common mullein weed (Verbascum thapsus) has a large number of synonyms and old local “nick names” which connect the plant with mycobacteria. A strong history of medicinal use has been uncovered for the treatment of tuberculosis, tubercular skin disease, leprosy, and mycobacterial disease in animals. Here, we examine problems encountered in treating such diseases today, the historical and scientific links between mullein and pathogenic bacteria, and the possibility that this common weed could harbour the answer to beating one of the world's biggest infectious killers. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2010-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2952292/ /pubmed/20953419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/239237 Text en Copyright © 2011 E. McCarthy and J. M. O'Mahony. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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