NEW DELHI : Indian scientists are studying garlic extracts for treating covid-19. The Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, and the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, are jointly researching natural garlic essential oil as a potential inhibitor of ACE2 protein, the receptor that serves as the entry point for coronaviruses into human cells, and the amino acids in the virus.
Garlic, a common spice for flavouring food, is also used in traditional medicine prescriptions against common colds and influenza.
The essential oil of garlic is known to possess organosulfur compounds that exhibit strong antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer and antimicrobial properties. “A full investigation of garlic