{"id":230632,"date":"2026-02-05T18:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/peppermint-oil-plasma-coating-could-cut-catheter-infections-without-releasing-drugs"},"modified":"2026-02-05T18:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:12:36","slug":"peppermint-oil-plasma-coating-could-cut-catheter-infections-without-releasing-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/peppermint-oil-plasma-coating-could-cut-catheter-infections-without-releasing-drugs","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint oil plasma coating could cut catheter infections without releasing drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/peppermint-oil-plasma-coating-could-cut-catheter-infections-without-releasing-drugs2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australian researchers have developed a high\u2011performance coating made from peppermint essential oil that can be applied to the surfaces of many commonly used medical devices, offering a safer way to protect patients from infection and inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Flinders Professor and senior author of the new study, Professor Krasimir Vasilev, says the idea emerged after noticing that eating peppermint leaves from his drink significantly relieved his sore throat, inspiring him to explore whether its bioactivity could be converted into a durable coating using plasma technology\u2014something he has been researching for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The team from Flinders\u2019s Biomedical Nanoengineering Laboratory\u2014including Professor Vasilev (Director), Associate Professor Vi\u2011Khanh Truong, Dr. Andrew Hayes, and Ph.D. candidates Trong Quan Luu and Tuyet Pham\u2014created a nanoscale peppermint\u2011oil coating that protects against infection, inflammation and oxidative stress, while remaining compatible with human tissue and suitable for medical materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian researchers have developed a high\u2011performance coating made from peppermint essential oil that can be applied to the surfaces of many commonly used medical devices, offering a safer way to protect patients from infection and inflammation. Matthew Flinders Professor and senior author of the new study, Professor Krasimir Vasilev, says the idea emerged after noticing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,38,1506,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-engineering","category-food","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}