When preservatives were not present in some of the extracts, laboratory tests found the natural extracts had no natural antimicrobial attributes of their own.
A 2013 study into cinnamon's medicinal properties found many potential health benefits, including antioxidant properties, antidiabetic effects and antimicrobial activity.
Once there, the antimicrobial action of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, derived from the metabolic processes of the neutrophils, act to combat the microbial invasion.
His areas of research interest are phytochemistry, antimicrobial, antimycotoxigenic, antioxidant, anti-proliferative and other bioactive properties of phytochemicals.
