the list of things ppl propose as treatment for covid is daunting. it's almost like everything could work, which makes you think we're missing everything and anything in diets. you need in vivo study. i see some remedies mentioned more than once. 3cl protease inhibitors seem the most promising. and it makes sense. they already work on the cleavage site on HIV.
i think black tea would be worth examining. that's the lowest hanging fruit.
Current Prevention of COVID-19: Natural Products and Herbal Medicine
i think black tea would be worth examining. that's the lowest hanging fruit.
Current Prevention of COVID-19: Natural Products and Herbal Medicine
Chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLPro) of SARS-CoV, an enzyme responsible for proteolysis, is vital to coronavirus replication, making it considered as an important target for drug discovery against SARS-CoV. Chen et al. (Doremalen et al., 2020) have screened a library with 720 compounds of natural product for inhibitory effect against 3CLPro of SARS-CoV by high-performance liquid chromatography assay and fluorogenic substrate peptide assay. Among them, two natural polyphenols found in black tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze), tannic acid, IC50: 3 µM; theaflavin-3-gallate, IC50: 7 µM) showed desired benefits. Black tea is common all over the world, thus this study provides a new perspective that tea-derived supplements might prevent the infection of SARS-CoV. But detailed in vitro and in vivo studies need to be conducted
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