Plant geraniums ( Pelargonium sp . ) Is generally used as a mosquito repellent . But a new study of German Research Centre for Environmental Health in Munich indicates , this plant can also be a key to a new generation of HIV treatment .
The study found that extracts of geranium plants have the ability to inactivate HIV - 1 and prevented the virus to enter human cells . As you know, HIV is divided into two types , namely HIV - 1 and HIV - 2 . HIV - 1 is the type most responsible for cases of AIDS .
The researchers say , extracts of geranium plants could potentially become a new treatment of AIDS as compounds containing anti - HIV - 1 new class . Especially at the roots , the plant contains compounds that attack geraniums HIV - 1 and prevented the virus to berreplikasi in the human body .
They also found that these compounds may protect the blood and immune cells from viral infection . The trick is to hold the particles of HIV in human cells , thus efficiently preventing the virus entry into cells .
The study found that extracts of geranium plants have the ability to inactivate HIV - 1 and prevented the virus to enter human cells . As you know, HIV is divided into two types , namely HIV - 1 and HIV - 2 . HIV - 1 is the type most responsible for cases of AIDS .
The researchers say , extracts of geranium plants could potentially become a new treatment of AIDS as compounds containing anti - HIV - 1 new class . Especially at the roots , the plant contains compounds that attack geraniums HIV - 1 and prevented the virus to berreplikasi in the human body .
They also found that these compounds may protect the blood and immune cells from viral infection . The trick is to hold the particles of HIV in human cells , thus efficiently preventing the virus entry into cells .
