{"id":38905,"date":"2020-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/21\/extract-from-deadly-plant-touted-as-covid-19-cure\/"},"modified":"2020-08-24T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:19:37","slug":"extract-from-deadly-plant-touted-as-covid-19-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/21\/extract-from-deadly-plant-touted-as-covid-19-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Extract From Deadly Plant Touted as COVID-19 Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists warn that ingesting even a tiny bit of the toxic shrub from which the compound is extracted can be deadly<\/h3>\n

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FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Experts have slammed claims by a major Trump donor that an extract from a deadly plant is a cure for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The president was enthusiastic about the drug, called oleandrin, when told about it at a White House meeting last month, according to Mike Lindell, the chief executive of My Pillow, The New York Times<\/i> reported. Lindell has a financial stake in the company that makes the compound and sits on its board.<\/p>\n

Scientists warn that ingesting even a tiny bit of the toxic shrub from which the compound is extracted can be deadly, and no studies have shown that oleandrin is safe or effective as a COVID-19 treatment, The Times<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n

Oleandrin is derived from oleander, a flowering shrub that is popular with landscapers but causes many cases of accidental poisoning. Oleandrin is the chemical that makes the plant so dangerous, according to Cassandra Leah Quave, Ph.D., a medical ethnobotanist at Emory University in Atlanta. She and other experts said that ingesting any part of the plant can cause potentially deadly cardiac arrhythmias, The Times<\/i> reported. “Don’t mess with this plant,” Quave warned.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/i> Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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