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Article: Fed: Lemon juice a natural HIV killer, Australian research shows
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- July 13, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-13-2004
Fed: Lemon juice a natural HIV killer, Australian research shows
By Kylie Walker, National Medical Correspondent
SYDNEY, July 13 AAP/AFP - Simple lemon juice could be the answer to the worldwide search
for an AIDS-killing formula.
Australian researchers investigating the ancient south-east Asian practice of using
lemon or lime juice as a spermicide have discovered a solution of lemon juice can kill
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
"Provided that clinical trials confirm that intravaginal lemon juice is acceptable,
safe and effective, it could prove to be nature's own microbicide," Melbourne University's
Professor Roger Short said today at ...