References & Sources

Folk remedy zaps Ebola in lab test

A compound from the fruit of the bitter kola, a West African tree, stopped the Ebola virus from replicating in the lab.

References:

1999. Edible plant stops Ebola virus in lab tests. XVI International Botanical Congress. August. St. Louis.

Sources:

Maurice Iwu
Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme
11303 Amherst Avenue, Suite 2
Silver Spring, MD 20902

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 7, August 14, 1999, p. 110. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.