Cannabis compounds block the virus responsible for COVID-19: Study

By Luke Gentile

Published January 12, 2022 5:52pm ET

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Cannabis compounds block the virus responsible for COVID-19: Study — FILE - In this Thursday, April 4, 2019 photo a cannabis worker displays fresh cannabis flower buds that have been trimmed for market in Gardena, Calif. When California voters broadly legalized marijuana, they were promised that a vast computer platform would closely monitor products moving through the new market. Sixteen months after the start of broad legal sales, just a few hundred operators are entering data into the track-and-trace system. | (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)

Researchers from Oregon State University announced that certain compounds with cannabis are able to block the virus responsible for COVID-19 from penetrating human cells.

The study, led by Richard van Breemen of Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, College of Pharmacy, and Linus Pauling Institute, was published Monday in the Journal of Natural Products.

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