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

THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (1995)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9395631/

Note: This article also includes a randomized clinical trial (summarized in that document).

  •   Use of elderberry syrup (Sambucol) blocked binding of virus to immune cell by binding to the virus
  •   Elderberry syrup inhibited viral replication in vitro (cellular experiment “in a dish”)
  •   Inhibition was dose-dependent
  •   Testing was done against a variety of flu strains.

Keywords: anti-viral, immune response

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