A research team led by Jaung-Geng Lin, a fellow of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, found that the ingredients of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Phellinus linteus, a fungus, can effectively prevent the CCP virus (SARS-CoV-2) from entering cells and reduce the risk of infection. The research report has been published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.
The CCP virus infects human cells by combining with ACE2 on the cell membrane, and TMPRSS2, another protein, can accelerate the entry of the virus into cells.
The study found that the hispidin and 3,4-dihydroxy benzal acetone, components in Phellinus linteus, can inhibit cell production of ACE2 and TMPRSS2, thereby preventing the virus from infecting cells….