Can Compounds In Cannabis Block COVID-19

New research out of Oregon State University has identified that two Cannabis compounds C B D a and C B G a show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.

Findings of a study that included a chemical screening technique invented by researchers at O S U were published Tuesday in the Journal of Natural Products.

Richard van Breeman, a researcher with Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, the College of Pharmacy and the Linus Pauling Institute, led the study in which he and fellow research collaborators found that cannabinoid acids C B D a and C B G a bind to the SARS-CoVee-2 spike protein, blocking a critical step in the process that the virus uses
to infect people.

The spike protein is the same drug target used in COVID-19 vaccines and antibody therapy. The spike protein molecule is critical to the process the disease follows, meaning disrupting it can thwart infection or disease progression, according to the researchers.

The research showed C B D a and C B G a were “equally effective” against the COVID-19 alpha and beta variants.

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Cannabis compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells: Oregon State University study

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Hemp compounds could help block coronavirus, OSU study finds

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Cannabis compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells: study

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