Sea urchins may be able to “apply” for the treatment of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The Pacific Institute of Bioorganic chemistry, far Eastern branch of RAS of sea urchins got substance with antiviral effect. Now scientists plan to investigate these substances are used to combat coronaviruses.
As told to “Interfax” academician of RAS, scientific Director of the Institute Valentin Stonik, tests have shown that the results obtained from sea urchins and other marine organisms substances have an antiviral effect. For example, they affect the herpes virus. Scientists want to continue testing to figure out how these substances will act on coronaviruses (they now number more than 40).
“We have agreed with the Institute of epidemiology and Microbiology them. G. P. Somov DVO ran that once they have a model coronavirus, not COVID-19, organized by the testing obtained substances,” said Stonik. According to him, the tests will help to understand whether the resulting substance is effective against coronaviruses. If Yes, then there is a possibility that obtained from sea urchins drugs will help against COVID-19.Stonik warned that to check this you need to “separate experiments”, which will take about two months.
the scientist Also underlined that in the current environment, the growing importance of studies of new natural active ingredients. “Pandemic coronavirus, the world has entered an era of global epidemics and General global health issues, this is indicated by many scientists”, — he explained.
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