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鱷魚血

鱷魚生活在潮濕的沼澤環境,那裡正是微生物的溫床。而且鱷魚要和同類爭奪地盤,不時大打出手,弄至遍體鱗傷。不過,鱷魚能迅速治療傷患,而且能扺抗微生物入侵。研究發現,鱷魚血內含有抗細菌、抗病毒、以及抗阿米巴的物質。科學家正努力從鱷魚血中找出該種物質,了解其分子結構,從而研製更有效的藥物。



參考資料

[1] Merchant et al. (2003) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 136:505-513.

[2] Merchant et al. (2004) Journal of Parasitology 90:1480-1483.

[3] Siruntawineti et al. (2004) Proceeding of the 17th Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group.

[4] Merchant et al. (2005) Antiviral Research 66:35-38.

[5] Crocodile blood may yield powerful new antibiotics