{"id":235649,"date":"2026-04-21T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-discover-skincare-compound-that-kills-drug-resistant-bacteria"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:06:08","slug":"scientists-discover-skincare-compound-that-kills-drug-resistant-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-discover-skincare-compound-that-kills-drug-resistant-bacteria","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover skincare compound that kills drug-resistant bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-skincare-compound-that-kills-drug-resistant-bacteria.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A popular Korean skincare ingredient may be far more powerful than anyone realized. Scientists have discovered that madecassic acid\u2014derived from the herb Centella asiatica\u2014can stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their tracks, including dangerous strains of E. coli. By targeting a bacterial protein that humans don\u2019t have, the compound disrupts the microbes\u2019 ability to survive, making it a promising new type of antibiotic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular Korean skincare ingredient may be far more powerful than anyone realized. Scientists have discovered that madecassic acid\u2014derived from the herb Centella asiatica\u2014can stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their tracks, including dangerous strains of E. coli. By targeting a bacterial protein that humans don\u2019t have, the compound disrupts the microbes\u2019 ability to survive, making it [\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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235649","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=235649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}