{"id":20895,"date":"2022-01-13T16:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T16:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=20895"},"modified":"2022-01-13T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T16:34:21","slug":"cannabis-compounds-prevented-covid-infection-in-laboratory-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2022\/01\/13\/cannabis-compounds-prevented-covid-infection-in-laboratory-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Compounds Prevented Covid Infection In Laboratory Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-12\/cannabis-compounds-prevented-covid-infection-in-laboratory-study?sref=cv51C53O\">www.bloomberg.com<\/a><br \/>\nBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/authors\/AOYOCyqeQxk\/kanoko-matsuyama\">Kanoko Matsuyama<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fs-headline speakable-headline font-base font-size\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chrisroberts\/2022\/01\/13\/no-sorry-smoking-marijuana-does-not-protect-you-from-covid-19\/?sh=3995a97b4eee\">No, Smoking Marijuana Does Not Protect You From Covid-19<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Cannabis compounds prevented the virus that causes Covid-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a laboratory\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35007072\/\">study<\/a>\u00a0published in the Journal of Nature Products.<br \/>\nThe two compounds commonly found in hemp &#8212; called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, or CBDA &#8212; were identified during a chemical screening effort as having potential to combat coronavirus, researchers from Oregon State University said. In the study, they bound to spike proteins found on the virus and blocked a step the pathogen uses to infect people.<br \/>\nThe 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.<br \/>\nHemp is a source of fiber, food and animal feed, and extracts are commonly added to cosmetics, body lotions, dietary supplements and food.<br \/>\n\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.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.bloomberg.com By Kanoko Matsuyama No, Smoking Marijuana Does Not Protect You From Covid-19 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 &#8212; called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, or CBDA &#8212;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,111,103,112],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-20895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-covid","category-featured","category-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20895"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=20895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}