Antimicrobials
Alligator leukocyte extracts have broad spectrum antimicrobial activity
Published in Health and Medicine Week, May 18th, 2006
According to recent research from the United States, "Leukocytes were isolated from whole blood of wild alligators by differential sedimentation. The leukocytes were disrupted in 5% AcOH and the crude extracts processed by ultrafiltration.
"The extracts were subjected to solvent exchange (0.1% AcOH) and the fraction that contained macromolecules between 1 and 10 kDa were subjected to further analyses."
"The acid extracts of the alligator leukocytes exhibited substantial antimycotic activities against six of eight species of Candida yeast tested," wrote M.E....
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