Green tea, dark chocolate and muscadine grapes inhibit the Wuhan virus – DNA Team

Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes, and dark chocolate can bind to and block the function of a particular enzyme in the SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. – DNA Team

In a unique study, researchers have claimed that chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes, and dark chocolate can bind to and block the function of a particular enzyme, or protease, in the SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

“Proteases are important to the health and viability of cells and viruses. If proteases are inhibited, cells cannot perform many important functions—like replication, for example,” said study author De-Yu Xie from the North Carolina State University in the US.

“One of our lab’s focuses is to find nutraceuticals in food or medicinal plants that inhibit either how a virus attaches to human cells or the propagation of…