Cepharanthine's potential in coronavirus and inhibiting infection of lung cells

[Julie8787]

Hi All,

I thought you might find the following information interesting. There is a medicine called Cepharanthine which is approved and used to treat a number of medical conditions in Japan, which is now showing potential in the prevention and treatment of Coronavirus as it may inhibit infection of lung cells.

You can read the following article about it:

medium.com/@hablerannie/res...

And this study:

Natural Bis-Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids-Tetrandrine, Fangchinoline, and Cepharanthine, Inhibit Human Coronavirus OC43 Infection of MRC-5 Human Lung Cells

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[2greys]

A good really find. A treatment for infection is as important as finding a vaccine. This will save lives until such time a vaccine can be developed and utilised. Well done.

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

That's so interesting and reassuring, thank you so much for sharing. I'm sure this will help ease a lot of people's minds, have a lovely day and take care of yourself 😊 Bernadette xx

[Bkin]

Hi Julie thanks so much for sharing this, very encouraging x

[Redrum46 in reply to Bkin]

Will we b abele to get it in UK sounds good I take azithromycin it helps for back terrier infection

[Julie8787]

Yes, its sold online under the brand name Cepharan and they ship to the UK