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Study: Peimine Combining With Spike Protein Can Prevent COVID-19 Variants Infection

Study: Peimine Combining With Spike Protein Can Prevent COVID-19 Variants Infection
A study by China Medical University in Taiwan finds that the fritillarine extracted from the herb Fritillaria can prevent the COVID-19 from infecting cells. The picture above shows a collection of chuanbei, a plant used for another herbal remedy found to be effetive. Courtesy Taiwan Hospital Authority TCM website
Amber Yang,Alice Zhu,Harry McKenny
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Although many vaccines have been put into use in the effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, our resistance to different virus variants is still low. An overlooked study may offer us an avenue to improve that situation.

A study by Taiwan China Medical University in Taiwan found that peimine, extracted from the herb Fritillaria, can block SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from infecting human cells through its spike protein. The extract shows a significant preventive effect and has the potential to be developed as a drug or health food. The research results were published in the Journal of Food Biochemistry in July.
Amber Yang is a certified personal trainer. She met all the requirements of the American Council on Exercise to develop and implement personalized exercise programs. She worked as a marketing manager for natural skin care products for years and as a health and beauty reporter and editor for ten years. She is also the host and producer of the YouTube programs "Amber Running Green" and "Amber Health Interview."
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