Combating Disease: Leaves of carob tree, source of chocolate substitute, fight virulent food-poisoning bacteria

Published: June 22, 2024, 6:02 p.m.

Today\u2019s solution is an antibacterial extract from the leaves of the carob tree (the source of a popular chocolate substitute) that could fight the microbe responsible for the serious form of food poisoning called listeriosis. The research appears in ACS\u2019 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.