‘Virological Penicillin’ found in Chinese Traditional Medicine
Sci-News, 15 October 2014

A research has validated the use of honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) to treat viral infections, that it contains a plant microRNA which directly targets influenza A viruses including H1N1, H5N1 and H7N9. This research has been published in Cell Research. The study is the first demonstration that a natural product can directly target a virus, and also provides evidence that dietary exogenous miRNAs are able to be functionally absorbed by mammalian gastrointestinal tract and play a regulatory role in a cross-kingdom manner.

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