Gizmodo.com May 08, 2026 • 19:25

Plant Found in Obscure Brazilian Rainforest Seems Weirdly Good at Fighting Covid-19 - Gizmodo

By Matthew Phelan

The Brazilian tree extract‘s ‘multitarget’ attack on covid could also foil future strains of the virus.

Nearly a quarter of all plant species on Earthor roughly 55,000 unique flora, by some estimatescurrently call Brazil their home. The United Nations, in fact, classifies Brazil as the globes leading m… [+4254 chars]

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Plant Found in Obscure Brazilian Rainforest Seems Weirdly Good at Fighting Covid-19 - Gizmodo

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