A compound found in African wormwood, a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat cough and fever, could be effective against tuberculosis. It can kill the mycobacteria that causes tuberculosis in both its active state and its slower, hypoxic state, when it is harder to treat.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874124007992

From the linked article:

A compound found in African wormwood — a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat many types of illness — could be effective against tuberculosis, according to a new study that is available online and will be published in the October edition of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

The team, co-led by Penn State researchers, found that the chemical compound, an O-methylflavone, can kill the mycobacteria that causes tuberculosis in both its active state and its slower, hypoxic state, which the mycobacteria enters when it is stressed.

Bacteria in this state are much harder to destroy and make infections more difficult to clear, according to co-corresponding author Joshua Kellogg, assistant professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Artemisia absinthium.
Yes, it’s what drove the impressionists crazy. And, apparently; free of tuberculosis!

Yoooo, bro, this is hype fr