wine kills germs
According to a new study, a cocktail of compounds found in both red and white wine fights germs that can cause dental plaque as well as sore throats.
“Exposure to wine had a persistent antibacterial effect,”
the authors wrote in their study, detailed in an upcoming issue of
the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Prior to their research,
the authors said
the effects of wine against germs found in
the mouth hadn’t been studied.
Red wines have stronger bacteria-fighting effects than white wine, although not by much. Curiously,
the acidity and alcohol isn’t responsible for wine’s germ-fighting properties—instead, it’s a collection of organic (carbon-containing) compounds found in
the drink.
After isolating
the compounds from wine, which included lactic, malic, succinic and tartaric acids,
the researchers neutralized their acidity. They then showed that
the isolated antibacterial compounds were more successful than wine alone at killing 99.9 percent of
the dental and sore throat bacteria, even when used in far lower concentrations than found in wine.
I'm not drunk, I have a sore throat.
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