Banana May Prevent Us From Spread of HIV

This probably relieving. Some Research conducted atbenefits from this research is BanLec could be less
University of Michigan Medical School found thatexpensive and highly effective new kind of vaginal
some lectin compound in banana may prevent themicrobicide.
spread of HIV.Michael D Swanson, the lead author of research  said
The researcher on that University found that thea problem for another drugs for HIV today is a fact
lectin compound called BanLec was able to stop HIVthat the virus can mutate and become resistant but
from entering the body by connecting to the HIVwith the presence of lectins it much harder to
type 1 envelope protein. Lectins are sugar bindinghappen because lectins bind the sugars found on
proteins found in plants and can successfullydifferent spots of the HIV-1 envelope and need a
recognize and bind to foreign invaders in the body.multiple mutation for virus to get around them.
The BanLec compound had previously been shown toThis research give us some hope that someday we
bind to high mannose carbohydrate structures,could find the affordable ways to stop spread of
including those found on viruses such as the humanHIV. without a doub,t the probability about BanLec to
immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1).become a cheap medicine to prevent HIV may boost
According to Researchers, BanLec  inhibits primarythe hope that this cursed disease may got cured,
and laboratory-adapted HIV-1 isolates of differentspecially for them who live in developing country.
tropisms and subtypes and it possesses potentOne  incredible thing is the source of this Lectins
anti-HIV activity. Besides, they also found BanLecwere came from a tiny familiar tropical fruit, we
compared favorably to T-20 and maraviroc, twoknow it as banana.
anti-HIV drugs currently in clinical use. Another