{"id":746511,"date":"2022-01-12T16:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/12\/marijuana-compounds-prevented-covid-infection-in-laboratory-study\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:27:42","slug":"marijuana-compounds-prevented-covid-infection-in-laboratory-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/12\/marijuana-compounds-prevented-covid-infection-in-laboratory-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana compounds prevented Covid infection in laboratory study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"465\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1636750264_907_Marijuana-plant-Getty-photo-sized-768x513-696x465.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Marijuana plant | Getty Photos\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marijuana plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cannabis compounds prevented the virus that causes Covid-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a laboratory\u00a0study\u00a0published in the Journal of Nature Products.<\/p>\n<p>The two compounds commonly found in hemp \u2013 called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, or CBDA \u2013 were identified during a chemical screening effort as having potential to combat coronavirus, researchers from Oregon State University said.<\/p>\n<p>In the study, they bound to spike proteins found on the virus and blocked a step the pathogen uses to infect people.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers tested the compounds\u2019 effect against alpha and beta variants of the virus in a laboratory. The study didn\u2019t involve giving the supplements to people or comparing infection rates in those who use the compounds to those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hemp is a source of fibre, food and animal feed, and extracts are commonly added to cosmetics, body lotions, dietary supplements and food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese compounds can be taken orally and have a long history of safe use in humans,\u201d said Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State\u2019s Global Hemp Innovation Center. \u201cThey have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"sp5gnMH0j_k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (11-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sp5gnMH0j_k?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marijuana plant Cannabis compounds prevented the virus that causes Covid-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a laboratory\u00a0study\u00a0published in the Journal of Nature Products. The two compounds commonly found in hemp \u2013 called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, or CBDA \u2013 were identified during a chemical screening effort as having potential to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[549],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}