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Garden plants like garlic and onion can balance skin's bacterial community

PubMed · 2026-06-29

Researchers found that extracts from common plants like flaxseed, garlic, mango ginger, onion, and guduchi can selectively target harmful skin bacteria while encouraging beneficial ones to thrive, offering a scientific basis for plant-derived prebiotic skincare products.

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Flaxseed and garlic extracts achieved complete growth inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus within 6 hours.

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Mango ginger extract halted Cutibacterium acnes (acne-causing bacteria) growth within 15 minutes.

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Onion and guduchi selectively promoted Staphylococcus epidermidis (a beneficial skin commensal) while inhibiting pathogens; stimulated S. epidermidis produced elevated butyric and succinic acids with documented antibacterial activity.

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