Post by DotRen on Nov 23, 2021 13:31:03 GMT
Plant-Based Antiviral Drug Effective Against All Known COVID-19 Variants
A compound found in a poisonous plant nicknamed the deadly carrot blocks the activity of all COVID-19 variants in isolated cell cultures, according to a new study in the journal Virulence. Known as thapsigargin (TG), the antiviral agent triggers an immune response in host cells that stops viruses from replicating and appears to be effective against all known COVID variants, including the highly infectious Delta variant.
