Research Progress of the Antiviral Bioactivities of Natural Flavonoids Lin Wang · Junke Song · Ailin Liu · Bin Xiao · Sha Li · Zhang Wen · Yang Lu · Guanhua Du Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2020, 10, 271–283 doi : 10.1007/s13659-020-00257-x Abstract Flavonoids are now considered as an indispensable component in a variety of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications. Most recent researches have focused on the health aspects of flavonoids for humans. Especially, different flavonoids have been investigated for their potential antiviral activities, and several natural flavonoids exhibited significant antiviral properties both in vitro and in vivo. This review provides a survey of the literature [...]
Lire la suiteIn Search of Preventative Strategies: Novel Anti- Inflammatory High-CBD Cannabis Sativa Extracts Modulate ACE2 Expression in COVID-19 Gateway Tissues Bo Wang, Anna Kovalchuk, Dongping Li, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Igor Kovalchuk and Olga Kovalchuk Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 19 April 2020 doi : 10.20944/preprints202004.0315.v1 Abstract : With the rapidly growing pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the new and challenging to treat zoonotic SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, there is an urgent need for new therapies and prevention strategies that can help curtail disease spread and reduce mortality. Inhibition of viral entry and thereby spread constitute plausible therapeutic avenues. Similar to other respiratory pathogens, SARS-CoV2 is transmitted [...]
Lire la suiteCannabinoids and the Coronavirus Kevin P. Hill Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2020, Volume 5, Number 2, Doi : 10.1089/can.2020.0035 Introduction These are uncertain times as we attempt to manage our lives during the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. It is not surprising, as possible treatments for Covid-19 are discussed, that people wonder about a role for cannabinoids, another topic associated with a lack of clarity about their therapeutic efficacy. Patients commonly ask clinicians about the benefits and risks of cannabinoids and now patients have begun to ask about cannabinoids as they relate to Covid-19. This interest creates an opportunity to strengthen the therapeutic alliance between patients and [...]
Lire la suiteUn hôpital commence à traiter les patients du COVID-19 avec le cannabis, Times of Israel . com, 2020
Un hôpital commence à traiter les patients du COVID-19 avec le cannabis https://fr.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-hopital-commence-a-traiter-les-patients-du-covid-19-avec-le-cannabis/ L’hôpital Ichilov a commencé à administrer du cannabis médicinal aux patients atteints du coronavirus en état modéré dans le cadre d’un traitement expérimental, a rapporté la Douzième chaîne. Les docteurs cherchent à utiliser les propriétés antivirales du cannabis pour ralentir la propagation du virus, a annoncé l’hôpital.
Lire la suiteCannabis and Coronavirus : What Cannabis Patients Want to Know Jennifer Grant https://www.rxleaf.com/cannabis-and-coronavirus-what-cannabis-patients-want-to-know/ February 17, 2020 There is evidence that cannabis can reduce viral load in HIV, can it help COVID-19 patients? At the time of writing, there were 69, 287 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 1670 deaths. With the rapid escalation of the outbreak, these numbers will surely be outdated by the time of publication. With several regions heading into states of emergencies, including quarantine, nervous travelers are looking for anti viral herbs to reduce the chance of infection. Patients have asked us: What about cannabis? There have been rumors about successful treatments for coronavirus, [...]
Lire la suiteIACM: Déclaration du Conseil sur la pandémie actuelle du corona virus et l'utilisation des cannabinoïdes IACM-Bulletin du 26 Mars 2020 Plusieurs études en laboratoire suggèrent que les cannabinoïdes peuvent avoir des effets antiviraux et antibactériens. Nous l’avons rapporté à plusieurs reprises dans le Bulletin de l'IACM. Cependant, il n'y a aucune preuve que des cannabinoïdes, tels que le CBD, le CBG ou le THC, ou encore des préparations de cannabis protègent contre l'infection du SRAS-CoV2 ou pourraient être utilisés pour traiter le Covid-19, la maladie produite par ce virus. Par ailleurs, rien ne prouve que l'utilisation de cannabinoïdes puisse augmenter le risque d'infection [...]
Lire la suiteCannabidiol for Viral Diseases : Hype or Hope ? Alex Mabou Tagne, Barbara Pacchetti, Mikael Sodergren, Marco Cosentino, and Franca Marino Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2020,1-11. Doi : 10.1089/can.2019.0060 Abstract Background : The possibility of cannabidiol (CBD) to be used as an antiviral or to treat viral diseases has received limited attention so far, despite the growing number of claims that CBD could be used for the treatment of viral infection-related conditions. Aim and Methods : Therefore, we systematically retrieved and critically evaluated the scientific literature available on PubMed and the claims on the Internet, to assess the current state of knowledge on the use of [...]
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