A Review of Monolaurin and Lauric Acid - Natural Virucidal and Bactericidal Agents
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A ntibiotic resistance has become a worldwide problem for treating infections caused by numerous organisms. Safe, effective antimicrobials that are not easily subject to resistance are desperately needed. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states on its website: “Disease-causing microbes that have become resistant to drug therapy are an increasing public health problem. Tuberculosis, gonorrhea, malaria, and childhood ear infections are just a few of the diseases that have become hard to treat with antibiotic drugs.”1 The FDA website also notes:
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