Scientists to Develop New Antibiotics from Frog Skin

Researchers have found that foul smelling frogs not only offer clues to prepare a new range of antibiotics but boost human immune system against bacterial attacks.

Scientists in China are working on a research to develop a new generation antibiotics from the skin of stinking frog species. So far, the scientists have identified more than 700 chemical substances from nine species of odorous frogs.

Researchers have also found that foul smelling frogs not only offer clues to prepare a new range of antibiotics but boost human immune system against bacterial attacks.

China's National Basic Research Programme and the National Natural Science Foundation are funding the research. “We are trying to identify the specific Anti-Microbial Peptides (AMPs) that account for almost one-third of all peptides found in the world, the greatest known diversity of these germ-killing chemicals,” said scientists, Yun Zhang, Wen-Hui Lee and Xinwang Yang.