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Taipei, March 11 (CNA) Scientists at Taiwan s Chang Gung University said Thursday that water extracts from Perilla frutescens, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, have shown strong antiviral activity against COVID-19.
In a press release, the university said the research, led by professor Horng Jim-tong (洪錦堂), had been carried out through an antiviral drug development platform it established with the National Defense Medical Center in 2019.
According to Horng, the university s research into the plant more commonly known as perilla had confirmed the results of similar studies conducted in Germany, India and at Taiwan s Academia Sinica.
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