Evaluation of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 properties of essential oils and aromatic extracts.

ABSTRACT: Essential oils and aromatic extracts (oleoresins, absolutes, concretes, resinoids) are often used as food flavorings and constituents of fragrance compositions. The flavor and fragrance industry observed significant growth in the sales of some natural materials during the COVID-19 outbreak. Some companies worldwide are making false claims regarding the effectiveness of their essential oils or blends (or indirectly point toward this conclusion) against coronaviruses, even though the available data on the activity of plant materials against highly pathogenic human coronaviruses are very scarce. Our exploratory study aimed to develop pioneering knowledge and provide the first experimental results on the inhibitory properties of hundreds of flavor and fragrance materials against SARS-CoV-2 mai

SUBMITTER: Strub DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9392441 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature