Cargando…

Pulsed blue light, saliva and curcumin significantly inactivate human coronavirus

In a recent study, we showed that pulsed blue light (PBL) inactivates as much as 52.3% of human beta coronavirus HCoV-OC43, a surrogate of SARS-CoV-2, and one of the major strains of viruses responsible for the annual epidemic of the common cold. Since curcumin and saliva are similarly antiviral and...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Enwemeka, Chukuka S., Bumah, Violet V., Castel, J. Chris, Suess, Samantha L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8713422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35085988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112378