Processed high quality green tea extract powder can inhibit the influenza virus

Researchers have used a high quality green tea extract powder has developed a new anti-flu drugs. Animal experiments show that drugs that inhibit the effect of influenza virus infection, comparable to anti-flu drugs Tamiflu.
According to reports, this drug is Osaka University and Yokohama City Institute of Hygiene researchers used green tea catechin EGCG from the processing. Previously, it was already aware of EGCG inhibit viral effect, but direct drinking green tea, EGCG immediately break down in the body, can not play a role. To this end, the researchers let EGCG combined with one auxiliary acid, so as not to be broken down in the body.
The researchers processed the EGCG inhibits viral infection of the same effect as an anti-influenza drug Tamiflu. Processed high quality green tea extract egcg can indeed prevent viruses from infecting cells, even if the virus invasion of success, it also inhibits proliferation in cells.