Hops Provide New Anti-T.B. Drug
A new drug extracted from hops —the ingredients used for centuries by brewers of beer—appears in preliminary tests to be effective in stopping the growth of tuberculosis bacteria, medical researchers in the United States report. The drug is Lupulon, long, familiar to doctors the world over for its sedative properties, and for its effect in stopping muscle spasms. In laboratory experiments, the drug successfully inhibited the growth of the tubercle bacteria. It also has proved successful in experiments on mise. But whether it will prove useful in treating human tuberculosis will not be known for some time to come. Many more tests on animals must be made before Lupulon will be used in clinical tests. '
Experiments on the effectiveness of Lupulon are being conducted by Doctors Yin Chang Chin and Hamilton E. Anderson of the Univerity of California Medical School, and by Doctor Gordon Alderton and J. C. Lewds of the U.S.. Department of Agriculture.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 50, 12 October 1949, Page 7
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