A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said.They used a compound from Garcinia kola, a plant commonly eaten in West Africa. Compounds from the plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu.If the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever – an often-fatal condition.The discovery was announced at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St Louis in the US.Four deaths per five cases.The Ebola virus was first documented in 1976 after anoutbreak in Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where 88 per cent of the 318 human cases died.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:32:48 +0000
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