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Elderberry extract from the Black Elder tree, Sambucus nigra,
works by strengthening the cell membrane so a virus cannot
penetrate it.
Discovered in the early 1980's by Madeleine Mumcuoglu,
who decided to study the elderberry extract to see if there was
any truth to the history in folk healing, that utilized
elderberry extract.
It is common knowledge that viruses can't replicate without a
host cell. In the real world that is most often the human
body and its respiratory tract. The Flu virus invades cells by
puncturing their walls with the tiny spikes of hemagglutinin
that cover its surface. The active component of elderberry
extract disarms these spikes. Mother nature at her finest.
Inhibition
of Several Strains of Influenza Virus in Vitro and Reduction of
Symptoms by an Elderberry Extract (Sambucus Nigra L.) During an
Outbreak of Influenza B Panama
Zichria
Zachay-Rones, Ph.D., Noemi Varsano, M.Sc., Moshe Zlotnik, M.D.,
Orly Manor, Ph.D., Liora Regev, Miriam Schlesinger and Madeleine
Mumcuoglu, Ph.D. Department of Virology, Hebrew
University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel; Central
Virology Laboratory, Public Health Laboratories, Chaim Sheba
Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Ben Gurion University,
Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel; Brown School of
Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah
Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Zakay-Rones Z,
Varsano N, Zlotnik M, et al. Inhibition of several strains of
influenza virus in vitro and reduction of symptoms by an
elderberry extract (Sambucus nigra L) during an outbreak of
influenza B in Panama. J Alt Comp Med 1995;1:361–69.
2Serkedjieva J, Manolova N, Zgórniak-Nowosielska I,
et al. Antiviral activity of the infusion (SHS-174) from flowers
of Sambucus nigra L., aerial parts of Hypericum perforatum L.,
and roots of Saponaria officinalis L. against influenza and
herpes simplex viruses. Phytother Res 1990;4:97–100.
3Mascolo N, Autore G, Capasso G, et al. Biological
screening of Italian medicinal plants for anti-inflammatory
activity. Phytother Res 1987;1:28–31.
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