Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37007799›Full record

ArticleMedical hypotheses2023

The mint versus Covid hypothesis.

Christopher B Buck

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Article in Medical hypotheses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Christopher B BuckLab of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Building 37 Room 4118, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-4263 USA.

Funding

Molecular biology of human polyomavirusesZIABC011090 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BUCK, CHRISTOPHER · 2009 to 2025
$9.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent lines of evidence suggest the intriguing hypothesis that consuming common culinary herbs of the mint family might help prevent or treat Covid. Individual citizens could easily explore the hypothesis using ordinary kitchen materials. I offer a philosophical framework to account for the puzzling lack of public health messaging about this interesting idea.

Indexed as

antiviralcaffeic acidcoronavirusCovid19COVID-19herbalLamiaceaepandemicperillasageSARS-CoV-2tea

Identifiers

PMID37007799
PMCPMC10062428

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