Scientists: substance from broccoli doubles the speed of wound healing
Miscellaneous / / July 18, 2022
You don't need to eat broccoli.
Scientists from Israel reported the discovery of an amazing property of diindolylmethane (DIM), contained in broccoli, cauliflower and other vegetables. According to them words, this substance is able to heal wounds twice as fast as conventional antibiotics.
Diindolylmethane, being a natural chemical, simply does not allow bacteria to multiply on the affected areas of the skin. This has been proven in the laboratory by a group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University. The substance in the form of an ointment was used on pigs.
Wounds treated with antibiotics healed completely on average in 10 days, while those with DIM-based ointment took about five days.
DIM interferes with communication between bacteria, similar to signal jammers that interfere with radio communications. Bacteria "talk" to each other using chemical signals, and by blocking this communication, you isolate each bacterium so that it remains alone.
Ariel Kushmaro
study author
Professor Kushmaro and his colleagues
publishedAnti-Virulence Activity of 3,3′-Diindolylmethane (DIM): A Bioactive Cruciferous Phytochemical with Accelerated Wound Healing Benefits their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Pharmaceutics back in the spring. Now they are working on turning the chemical into an ointment. They are also looking into whether the drug has health benefits as a dietary supplement.The team's long-term goal is to test DIM on human wounds and help launch a new approach in medicine. Kushmaro said his study is interesting because it is a game-changer and demonstrates a new concept in antimicrobial treatment.
Antibiotics kill the layer of bacteria on the wound. A layer of new tissue grows, but you also have dead tissue and dead bacteria. With DIM, because bacteria are not actually killed, there is no layer of dead tissue and dead bacteria, so healing is faster.
Ariel Kushmaro
DIM is already being used in some cancer treatments, but an entirely new application needs to be developed and approved. it will take time, so Kushmaro believes it will take more than ten years before any product is developed for of people. But even so, the scientist believes that the future lies with such natural chemicals.
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