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Traditional African medicine suppresses coronavirus

African traditional medicine suppresses coronavirus
Study shows that traditional African medicine is effective against coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome. True, so far this has only been proven in laboratory conditions.

SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins have long been therapeutic targets in drug development. Scientists are looking for drugs that specifically target these proteins, and one of them could be the herbal combination PHELA, which contains extracts from four exotic African plants. In laboratory tests, it was found to increase white blood cell counts in immunosuppressed rats. However, no side effects were recorded. Further toxicological analysis of PHELA was carried out in monkeys and demonstrated the high safety of this drug.

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Moreover, the drug was recognized as safe and in the first phase of clinical trials already on healthy people. It is able to reverse the immunosuppression that was artificially induced in rats by the drugs cephalosporin and dexamethasone. It does not affect the immune system in any way.

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African plants were dried and crushed to form a homogeneous powder, which was subsequently sterilized by gamma radiation. This compound was extracted in certain amounts and analyzed by SPLC. The PHELA drug inhibited the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the cells of 293 people. At the highest concentration, 100% suppression of all tested coronavirus strains was observed, while cytotoxicity analysis showed that this drug did not cause any toxic chemical changes at the concentrations used during the study. (READ MORE) Oxford University

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