A team of international scientists from CZU, led by Prof. Ladislav Kokoška working with Samoan Ph.D. student Julian Wong Soon from Osaka University found healing effects of two local species of Samoan nutmeg (Myristica hypargyraea and Myristica inutilis) against staphylococcus aureus and colon cancer cells.
Kokoška hopes other institutions will join this research so that more testing and clinical trials can take place.
Read the full article HERE (samoanobserver.ws) or read the full-text article HERE (sciencedirect.com).