In this Tuesday, July 2, 2019 photo, Darren Johnson, a hemp processor, holds raw hemp that will be used to make CBD oil at his processing facility, Wasatch Extraction, in Salt Lake City. Johnson is one of 81 applicants vying for a medical marijuana growers license in Utah.  (AP Photo/Morgan Smith)The two products in hemp called cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, CBDA, had the highest affinity for the spike protein and were confirmed to block infection by the virus, Van Breemen said in the OSU release. The researchers explained in the study’s news release, that these cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and several hemp extracts. “They are not controlled substances like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and have a good safety profile in humans,” Van Breemen said in the OSU release.”They have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2. CBDA and CBGA are produced by the hemp plant as precursors to CBD and CBG, which are familiar to many consumers. However, they are different from the acids and are not contained in hemp products.” Van Breemen said in the release. Jim Castetter, Chief Sales Officer of Empire Standard, a hemp extract processing and distribution plant, weighs hemp flowers on a scale on April 13, 2021 in Binghamton, New York. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)”Orally bioavailable and with a long history of safe human use, these cannabinoids, isolated or in hemp extracts, have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2.”, the researchers stated in the published study.

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