The fight against bacterial super new antibiotic discovery has triggered a strong and most likely originated from frogs. Scientists have long known that frog skin contains many substances that are able to combat germs that are super strong, because frogs live in an environment surrounded by germs and bacteria. they have identified 100 new antibiotics including one who could fight a super-resistant bacteria, methicillin Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) They modify compounds in frog skin as well as reduce toxic content in it.
“The skin of frogs is a potential source of very good,” said Dr. Michael Conlon, a biochemist at the university in Abu Dhabi. According to Conlon frogs already there are about 300 million years, so they have plenty of time to learn how to defend themselves against disease causing microbes in the environment.
“The environment they are in the polluted water in which a strong defense against pathogens is a must,” said Conlon.
Dr Conlon and colleagues have found a way to alter their molecular structure, making them less toxic to human cells but it remains a powerful germ killer. Similarly, the scientists also found other ways that allow the skin secretions of frogs to avoid the attacks that damage the enzymes in the blood.
The result is an antibiotic that persist longer in the bloodstream and is more likely to be effective as the killer infection. Antibiotic substance to work with an unusual way to make microbes is very difficult to fight.
In order to get these new antibiotics, scientists have now tested the skin of frogs from around 6000 species of frogs. So far, they have been filtering up to 200 and the result is potential for new antibiotics.
One of the potential for species of frog antibiotic material is yellow-legged frog Foothill. This frog comes from California and Oregon, but this frog species facing extinction. Fluid from the hairy skin of frogs also showed the success to combat the “Iraqibacter,” a disease caused by bacteria Acinetobacter baumanni.
The study was conducted to find antibiotics following a WHO appeal to all members of the United Nations (UN) for the joint fight against drug resistant super bacteria to antibiotics.