Inwe ihe mgbochi nje na biodegradable ọzọ na ihe nkiri nri nri ọkọlọtọ nwere ike inye aka belata mkpofu na melite nchekwa nri.
Ndị na-eme nchọpụta na Harvard T.H. Mahadum Chan na Nanyang Teknụzụ dị na Singapore echepụtala nkwakọ ngwaahịa ọhụrụ.
A na-ezubere ya maka nri dị ka anụ, azụ, inine ọhụrụ na mkpụrụ osisi, yana nri dị njikere iri.
Prọfesọ Mary Chen, onye isi Centre for Antimicrobial Bioengineering na onye ndu oru ngo, kwuru na ebumnuche nke ọrụ otu a bụ iji ihe ọhụrụ na-emekọrịta ihe na gburugburu ebe obibi dochie nkwakọ ngwaahịa rọba ugboro abụọ nke ga-adịkwa okpukpu abụọ.
A na-eme ngwugwu nri rọba ọhụrụ emepụtara site na protein ọka a na-akpọ zein, starch nduku na ihe ndị ọzọ na-eme n'okike na-etinye ya na ngwakọta nke ogige antimicrobial eke gụnyere thyme mmanụ na citric acid.
Mgbe ekpughere ya na iru mmiri dị elu ma ọ bụ enzymes nke nje bacteria na-emerụ ahụ na-emepụta, eriri nkwakọ ngwaahịa na-ahapụ ogige antimicrobial eke, na-egbu nje.
Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ihe nkwakọ ngwaahịa a ga-efu ihe dịka pasent 50 karịa nkwakọ ngwaahịa rọba.