Chinese herbal extracts are expected to treat Ebola
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Last Update: 2015-03-05
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Chinese medicine tetrandrine, a common component of traditional Chinese medicine, can effectively treat Ebola and is a promising candidate drug, US and German researchers said Tuesday However, some experts warn that the toxicity of tetrandrine remains to be studied, and is not necessarily more effective than the new Ebola drug under development The study, published in a new issue of the American Journal of science, found that the final stage of Ebola virus infection in host cells is controlled by a two pore channel, which can be blocked by drugs for the treatment of hypertension, of which "tetrandrine" is the most powerful blocker In the paper, the researchers wrote that mice were treated with "tetrandrine" immediately after they were infected with Ebola virus, and the survival rate of mice was "significantly improved" and "no side effects were found"; and half of the mice survived after one day of treatment with "tetrandrine" These results show that tetrandrine is very effective in the treatment of sick mice A review article in the Journal of science also splashed cold water, saying that these studies do not show that "a feasible treatment is near at hand", because it has not been tested in rhesus monkeys that can better explain the efficacy; "tetrandrine" is the extract of Chinese herbal medicine "Fangji", but no other country has approved it for human use except China; it is given to mice Institute When used in human body, it may be toxic.
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