A natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea may help eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria or superbugs, according to a study.
The study, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, found that the antioxidant epigallocatechin (EGCG) can restore the activity of aztreonam, an antibiotic commonly used to treat infections caused by the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
P. aeruginosa is associated with serious respiratory tract and bloodstream infections and in recent years has become resistant to many major classes of antibiotics, according to the researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK.