The first major screening of botanical extracts to search for potency against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds. Scientific Reports published the results
published the results — the first major screening of botanical extracts to search for potency against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“It’s very early in the process, but we’re working to identify, isolate and scale up the molecules from the extracts that showed activity against the virus,” says Cassandra Quave, senior author of the study and associate professor in Emory School of Medicine’s Department of Dermatology and the Center for the Study of Human Health.
“We’ve shown that our natural products library is a powerful tool to help search for potential therapeutics for an emerging disease,” Risener says. “Other researchers can adapt our screening method to search for other novel compounds within plants and fungi that may lead to new drugs to treat a range of pathogens.”virus with a spike protein that can bind to a protein called ACE2 on host cells.
The researchers identified a handful of hits for extracts that protected against viral entry and then homed in on the ones showing the strongest activity: Tall goldenrod and eagle fern. Both plantare native to North America and are known for traditional medicinal uses by Native Americans. “Our results set the stage for the future use of natural product libraries to find new tools or therapies against infectious diseases,” Quave says.
After graduating, Risener hopes for a career in outreach and education for science policy surrounding research into natural compounds. A few of the more famous medicines derived from botanicals include aspirin , penicillin and the cancer therapy Taxol .
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