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ArticleCell & bioscience2021

A traditional medicine, respiratory detox shot (RDS), inhibits the infection of SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and the influenza A virus in vitro.

Brian Hetrick, Dongyang Yu, Adeyemi A Olanrewaju, Linda D Chilin, Sijia He, Deemah Dabbagh, Ghaliah Alluhaibi, Yuan-Chun Ma, Lewis A Hofmann, Ramin M Hakami and 1 more

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Article in Cell & bioscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian HetrickNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Dongyang YuVirongy LLC, Manassas, VA, 20109, USA.
Adeyemi A OlanrewajuNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Linda D ChilinNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Sijia HeNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Deemah DabbaghNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Ghaliah AlluhaibiNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Yuan-Chun MaDr. Ma's Laboratories Inc., Burnaby, BC, V5J 0E5, Canada.
Lewis A HofmannWorld Health Science Organization, Leesburg, VA, 20176, USA.
Ramin M HakamiNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Yuntao WuNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA. ywu8@gmu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9547-3278
George Mason University · US

Funding

College of Science, George Mason University George Mason University grant 223741
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in the infection of over 128 million people and has caused over 2.8 million deaths as of April 2021 in more than 220 countries and territories. Currently, there is no effective treatment for COVID-19 to reduce mortality. We investigated the potential anti-coronavirus activities from an oral liquid of traditional medicine, Respiratory Detox Shot (RDS), which contains mostly herbal ingredients traditionally used to manage lung diseases.

resultsHere we report that RDS inhibited the infection of target cells by lenti-SARS-CoV, lenti-SARS-CoV-2, and hybrid alphavirus-SARS-CoV-2 (Ha-CoV-2) pseudoviruses, and by infectious SARS-CoV-2 and derived Ha-CoV-2 variants including B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, B.1.429, B.1.2, B.1.494, B.1.1.207, B.1.258, and B.1.1.298. We further demonstrated that RDS directly inactivates the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. In addition, we found that RDS can also block the infection of target cells by Influenza A virus.

conclusionsThese results suggest that RDS may broadly inhibit the infection of respiratory viruses.

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Antiviral therapyCoronavirusCOVID-19Ha-CoV-2Influenza ARespiratory detox shotSARS-CoVSARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirusTraditional Chinese medicine

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