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Skin microbiota metabolism of natural products from comfrey root (Symphytum officinale L.)

Melnyk, N., Popowski, D., Strawa, J.W., Przygodzinska, K. and others · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2023

Preclinical

Abstract

Comfrey root (Symphytum officinale), used topically in folk medicine, was studied for skin-microbiota metabolism of its natural products (phenolic acids, caffeic acid oligomers), characterising how the skin microbiome transforms comfrey constituents during external use.

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Melnyk, N., Popowski, D., Strawa, J.W., Przygodzinska, K. and others (2023) 'Skin microbiota metabolism of natural products from comfrey root (Symphytum officinale L.)', Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 318(Pt B), pp. 116968. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2023.116968

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