{"id":251792,"date":"2020-04-10T20:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T00:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251792"},"modified":"2020-04-10T20:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T00:54:58","slug":"indonesia-possible-virus-treatment-found-in-flora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/10\/indonesia-possible-virus-treatment-found-in-flora\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia: Possible virus treatment found in flora"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_251793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251793\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/red-guava-1691430_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251793\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/red-guava-1691430_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/red-guava-1691430_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/red-guava-1691430_1920-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/red-guava-1691430_1920-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/red-guava-1691430_1920-1024x609.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, an internist at the University of Indonesia, said hesperidin, myricetin, luteolin and casuarinin &#8212; all of which can be found in the local tropical fruit red guava &#8212; had the potential to be used in treating COVID-19. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>JAKARTA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Indonesian research teams on Thursday said they found potential compounds in local agricultural products that can fight the coronavirus virus (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, an internist at the University of Indonesia, said hesperidin, myricetin, luteolin and casuarinin &#8212; all of which can be found in the local tropical fruit red guava &#8212; had the potential to be used in treating COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The results of our bioinformatics research showed that compounds contained in guava could prevent, or at least reduce, the impact of the infection,&#8221; Syam told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining that guava is a fruit that grows easily in the country and can be consumed as it is or in the form of processed juice.<\/p>\n<p>Research teams from the University of Indonesia and Bogor Institute of Agriculture are currently seeking support from pharmaceutical firms to mass-produce a guava-based drug.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The teams need to conduct clinical trials on animals and humans so the drug can be consumed by the wider community,&#8221; added Syam.<\/p>\n<p>Irmanida Batubara from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture said hesperidin could protect the body from microbes and viruses.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from guava, Batubara said hesperidin compounds could also be found in orange peels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not only orange [peels], lime, lemon and other citrus varieties also contain hesperidin,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People can make their own juice while staying at home by adding the clean-washed peels, though the hesperidin will make it taste a bit bitter, or drink the infused water,&#8221; she added.\u00a0<em><strong>(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAKARTA\u00a0\u2013 Indonesian research teams on Thursday said they found potential compounds in local agricultural products that can fight the coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":251793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251794,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251792\/revisions\/251794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}