We’re first in Nigeria to develop herbal cure for coronavirus - Plateau boasts

The Chairman, Plateau Research Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Noel Wannang, stated that the committee had successfully developed a herbal cure for the disease.

Wannang made the disclosure during an engagement with Local Government Chairmen and traditional rulers in Jos on Friday, September 18, 2020.

According to him, the team had concluded phase one which was the safe test of the drugs and “has been proven to be safe for consumption".

“The research team has come up with herbal cure for COVID-19 which Plateau state was the first to develop in Nigeria; we developed the COV PLA-1, COV PLA-2, COV PLA-3 and PLATABOOST-N.

“All of the herbs used in making these drugs were sourced and got from the state, it is our hope that the drugs will be used internationally at the end of the research.

“We are done with phase one which is the safety aspect and it has proven to be safe, we will commence the phase 2 on Monday, September 21, after which our patients will start benefiting from the drugs," he said.

Wannang further added that the drugs had gone through pre-clinical trials using eggs, chicks, mice, rats, guinea pigs, cats and rabbits which reversed damage and restored lung function in the infected animals.

He said human trials would soon be carried out on healthy humans to prove the efficacy of the drugs. The chairmen continued that when the research was concluded, it would proffer treatment and cure for Coronavirus, create employment opportunities, put Plateau on the world map of science, among other benefits.

He said the West African Journal of Pharmacy, Pan African Journal of Medicine and others have accepted their papers and would publish them soon.