Hemp Compounds Showing Promise for Preventing Covid-19 from Entering Human Cells in the Body

Oregon State University recently conducted research on hemp compounds through a chemical screening process that they originally invented. These compounds were determined to have the potential to prevent COVID-19 from being able to enter human cells. The study was led by researcher Richard van Breeman who is part of Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center and College of Pharmacy.

Originally published in the Journal of Natural Products, this study explains that there are two cannabinoid acids, CBGA and CBDA (cannabigerolic acid and cannabidiolic acid) in hemp that have the ability to bind together with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that we’ve come to learn a lot about in the past couple of years. This pair of cannabinoid acids binds to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and blocks a critical step in the process the virus uses to infect people.

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