Garlic Considers Effective to Handle Flu and Covid-19, Study Reveals
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VIVA – Garlic may be good for killing bacteria and has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine. A world-first study reporterdly shows certain Australian garlic varieties can kill Covid-19 and the common flu with 99.9 percent efficacy.
The new research was released on Wednesday by the Peter Doherty Institute, reported The Australian Financial Review.
Scientists at Doherty have been researching garlic properties over the past 18 months. They found that a certain Australian grown garlic variety has antiviral properties with up to 99.9 per cent efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza type A viruses.
The research involved in-vitro testing against the SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza type A viruses using garlic ingredients extracted from exclusive Australian grown garlic varieties, as reported from Times of India site.
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"We wanted to know if these strains had the possibility of killing COVID-19,” Dr. Julie McAuley, manager of the Doherty’s high containment facility COVID-19 research lab, told The Australian Financial Review.
"I thought it might fail miserably. We blindly tested over 20 varieties. We found one of AGP's products could reduce the infectious titre of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza by 3-log-fold (99.9 percent). We barely detected any remaining virus genome, indicating nearly complete virucidal activity,"
Dr McAuley said the variety was tested across different sites to ensure the results were not related to the environment, nutrients, water or any other factors.
Stringent clinical trials are required to determine if the findings of this research translates from test tubes to humans, the Doherty Institue said.
Epidemiologist at the University of Wollongong Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz added, "We will not know if this product helps with Covid-19 or influenza until we run clinical trials in real people rather than petri dishes in a lab,"
The most efficacious garlic varieties and their extracted proprietary garlic ingredients are being commercialized, as per reports.
They will be available for consumption as a soft capsule supplement and are subject to a recently lodged International Patent.
Paul Guerra, chief executive of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hosting the launch of the research on Wednesday, said the discovery could be a big change and be exported to the world.
