Olive leaves as source of bioactive compounds that could help us against coronaviruses and HIV

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  • Carolina Valle Piqueras Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.v13i174.17278

Keywords:

olive leaves, coronaviruses, HIV

Abstract

Three reasons are presented in this study for which it is proposed that olive leaves could perhaps help us deal with HIV and coronavirus infections such as SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

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2020-09-21

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Valle Piqueras , C. (2020). Olive leaves as source of bioactive compounds that could help us against coronaviruses and HIV. Encuentros En La Biología, 13(174), 13–16. https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.v13i174.17278

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