RUSH University Medical Center Team Identifies Prenol as Robust Inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

A team of biomedical researchers represented by Rush University, Chicago biochemist Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., report on a series of laboratory experiments suggesting fruit consumption might just help fight viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. Is vitamin C the answer? Not so fast. Enter prenol, a natural alcohol with potential.

The role of this important or as the authors in the study report titled “Prenol, but Not Vitamin C, of Fruit Binds to SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 to Inhibit Viral Entry: Implications for COVID-19” deem a “celebrity” component of the fruit as to its role unclear.