Does propolis help combat COVID-19?

Preliminary in vitro tests confirm that propolis could be useful in combating the virus responsible for the COVID -19 pandemic. The substance produced by bees intervenes in all those processes that are responsible for the entry of the virus into the cell and the excessive inflammatory response that characterises the disease.

Biomed Pharmacother . 2020 Nov;131:110622.doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110622.

Epub 2020 Aug 17.Propolis and its potential against SARS-CoV-2 infection mechanisms and COVID-19 disease: Running title: Propolis against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19

Andresa Aparecida Berretta 1, Marcelo Augusto Duarte Silveira 2, José Manuel Cóndor Capcha 3, David De Jong 4

Affiliations expand PMID: 32890967 PMCID: PMC7430291 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110622