Posted on 01/11/2022 5:11:54 PM PST by EBH
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KVAL) — Compounds found in hemp "show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells," Oregon State University says.
New OSU research on hemp and COVID-19 was published Tuesday in the Journal of Natural Products.
Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center in the College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, led the study.
According to OSU:
Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa, is a source of fiber, food and animal feed, and multiple hemp extracts and compounds are added to cosmetics, body lotions, dietary supplements and food, van Breemen said. Van Breemen and collaborators, including scientists at Oregon Health & Science University, found that a pair of cannabinoid acids bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, blocking a critical step in the process the virus uses to infect people.
The compounds are cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, CBDA, and the spike protein is the same drug target used in COVID-19 vaccines and antibody therapy. A drug target is any molecule critical to the process a disease follows, meaning its disruption can thwart infection or disease progression.
“These cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and in many hemp extracts,” van Breemen said. “They are not controlled substances like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and have a good safety profile in humans. And our research showed the hemp compounds were equally effective against variants of SARS-CoV-2, including variant B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, and variant B.1.351, first detected in South Africa.”
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Far out, Catherwood.
Well that explains how Snoop Dogg surived the pandemic.
Stoners unite.
SOOO... If you smoke dope, you don’t need to get vaccinated???
Oh Geez! Pass me a joint!
I’m getting the sense that every damn thing NOT recommended by public health authorities is effective at preventing Covid.
Why is California experiencing surges like the rest of the country?
Colorado should have been safe also.
Because it depends on which cannibas genus they are using.
They WANT us stoned.
Pass me another gummy....
Well, if you wanna smoke hemp go ahead, but it ain’t going to get you high.
Ha! If this were true California case counts wouldn’t be so, ahem, high.
Probably more covid spread via puff puff pass than anything else.
They are talking about hemp, not dope. Specifically two acids found in hemp products. There are may easily purchased capsules and soft gel supplements available containing CBDA and CBD.
I take CBD oil daily to sleep. Bluebird Botanicals, 6x Complete.
When I had covid it was just two days of headache and four days of fatigue. Everyone at my church and household just got over omicron, but I had zero symptoms. I was wondering why they seemed subject to it but not me. Maybe it was the CBD oil...
True that. Hemp is the working drug free cousin.
I use CBD Pro-Level 5 Pain Relief Ointment on my right shoulder, every morning... I wonder if that counts?
THC hallucinogenic drug free. Does have CBD good stuff.
On the other hand, these claims about Covid versus marijuana.
Is it the hemp, or the Oreos and Doritos that follow?
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