Antiviral effect of plant extracts (Blueberries and blackcurrants work against herpes and measles)

Medical Xpress / University of Wuerzburg / BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies ^ | August 12, 2022 | Rinu Sivarajan et al

[ConservativeMind]

Extracts from blueberries and blackcurrants prevent infection by measles and herpes viruses in cell cultures. Würzburg researchers were very surprised by this.

The study used herpes and measles viruses modified in that way that infected cells fluoresce green. Substances inhibiting infection by viruses thus caused fewer cells to glow green under UV light. The number of infected cells in the cultures could thus be managed by automated counting.

Nine active ingredient candidates were added to the cell systems and the effect on the infection process was investigated. The data collected show that a mixture of extracts of blackcurrants and blueberries with a high anthocyanin content (Healthberry 865) and the corresponding individual extracts have in vitro antiviral properties against measles and herpes viruses.

"Overall, our study has shown very interesting results on the efficacy of plant extracts on viruses in vitro," said Prof. Dr. Jochen Bodem. "This is because some of the substances studied inhibit measles virus infection, but not the measles vaccine virus used for vaccination. Thus, vaccination would be possible in addition to preventive treatment, should it be possible to develop a therapeutic agent based on the plant constituents. By identifying the active ingredients in the extracts, we have succeeded in taking a first step in this direction."

In any case, the results published in the current study on the efficacy of plant ingredients against human pathogenic viral strains give reason to be confident that in vitro test methods can be used to identify new fields of application for already approved active ingredients more quickly than before. In the future, plant extracts and active ingredients alone or in combination with established drugs could open up new options in antiviral therapies.

[ConservativeMind]

There is probably a natural substance or activity that can blunt about any natural substance or activity.

[sauropod]

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[ConservativeMind]

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[packagingguy]

Pterostilbene in blueberries maybe? (It’s the form of resveratrol with a half-life and bioavailability to work)

[KarlInOhio]

If anything is found to work against COVID, Dr. Fauci will order Agent Orange or worse to be brought out to wipe it out.

"The good news: cranberries are effective against the Wu-Flu.

The bad news: the CDC has ordered release of its arsenal of nuclear weapons against the cranberry bogs. Pfizer must be protected at all costs."

[Sgt_Schultze]

If it cannot be patented, natural remedies will always be regarded as quackery by those who profit from patented medicines and approved treatments.

[madison10]

I eat blueberries by the gross hope it helps.

[ptsal]

Does AJ offer this on his website?

[dsrtsage]

But what about monkey buttpox?

[Bob434]

[[But what about monkey buttpox?]]

If You Stay away from bananas- you should be ok-

[married21]

Thanks for posting this article. I am passing it on to my son, a microbiology major.