OSU study: Compounds in hemp block COVID-19 from entering human cells
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Compounds found in hemp "show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells," Oregon State University says.
OSU study: Compounds in hemp block COVID-19 from entering human cells
CORVALLIS, Ore. – 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...
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12:48 PM · Jan 11, 2022
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – 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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Way (way!) back in the early eighties in high school, we'd skip lunch and share a joint among the three of us in the parking lot (just typing that, I can smell the unique mix of leaking car oil, pot and Polo on a muggy afternoon).
During a camping trip earlier this year, someone brought a bomber joint of this new stuff and I thought to myself, 'hey, what the hell. Why not?'. Four or five puffs later (literally!), I was talking to a tree, thinking I could almost understand it and wondering what kind of music a pecan tree would be into.
Slept pretty soundly that night.
I wonder if Delta-8 THC would work?
I just received a notice yesterday giving me $50 off on an order of it for less than $20!
Might be just the thing we need!
& recommend!!
