Research project hopes to produce COVID-19 medicine from frankincense
By: Times News Service
The project is looking to isolate certain key compounds from frankincense – known for its healing properties – and to use them to make antibiotics. Photo: File
Muscat: Research to make medicines capable of fighting COVID-19, from frankincense trees in Oman, is being jointly undertaken by the University of Nizwa and the University of Oxford.
The project is looking to isolate certain key compounds from frankincense – known for its healing properties – and to use them to make antibiotics.
The resin contains large numbers of naturally-occurring chemicals that could be used to inhibit the ability of the COVID-19 virus to infect people.