{"id":145069,"date":"2022-01-17T16:09:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=145069"},"modified":"2022-01-17T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:18:36","slug":"cannabis-compounds-can-keep-covid-19-virus-from-entering-human-cells-but-vaping-and-smoking-weed-wont-claims-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cannabis-compounds-can-keep-covid-19-virus-from-entering-human-cells-but-vaping-and-smoking-weed-wont-claims-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis compounds can keep Covid-19 virus from entering human cells, but vaping and smoking weed won\u2019t, claims study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3995503955\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>THE ECONOMIC TIMES: A latest groundbreaking study conducted in the United States claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cannabis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\">Cannabis<\/a>\u00a0can be the key to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\">Covid<\/a>\u00a0prevention, as the plant contains compounds that can stop the virus from entering human cells.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2773903987\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>According to the research \u2013 conducted by Richard van Breemen and a team of scientists from Oregon State University \u2013 compounds commonly found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hemp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\">hemp<\/a>\u00a0(Cannabis), called cannabigerolic acid, can bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/protein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\">protein<\/a>\u00a0in such a way that it block an essential step in the process by which the virus infects humans. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal called the \u2018Journal of Natural Products\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the study surfaced, a common question that has been doing rounds is whether smoking up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\">marijuana<\/a>\u00a0(another common name for cannabis) would help in keeping Covid-19 away and the answer to that is a flat out \u2018No\u2019.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2953241314\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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not be your answer to Covid blues, despite the fact that cannabis sativa, as it is scientifically known, can help in Covid prevention.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1230232118\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, 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