Posted on 01/13/2022 11:43:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Some cannabis compounds can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells — but smoking marijuana offers no protection against the illness, according to a study by Oregon State University.
The researchers found that a pair of hemp compounds — cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, CBDA — bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, blocking a vital step in the deadly bug’s path to infect people.
“These cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and in many hemp extracts,” said lead researcher Richard van Breemen at Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center in the College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, KTVZ reported.
“They are not controlled substances like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and have a good safety profile in humans,” he said.
“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,” Breemen added.
Findings of the study — which was conducted in collaboration with scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University — were published Monday by the Journal of Natural Products.
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NOTE TO THE WISE GUYS OUT THERE:
This article emphasizes COMPOUNDS in Cannabis, so don’t take this as an endorsement to smoke Marijuana.
Too bad the researchers forgot exactly how it worked.
I knew Oregon State was studying something.
You mean keep the bongs in the closest
“Oregon State University study”
Did they do the study themselves?
Botanical name Cannabis sativa, related to Nigella sativa (a.k.a black cumin seed or black seed oil), which is recommended by America’s Frontline Doctors as a substitute for Ivermectin.
Trust an Oregon University at your own peril.
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