Bromelain, Monolaurin, Antiviral Fatty Acids: Potentially beneficial for SARS-CoV-2 ventilator patients to help fight off viral infection?

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"bromelain can tear apart the outer protective envelope of certain viruses"
https://losethebackpain.com/health-benefits-bromelain/

"the monolaurin solution used in this study was reported to kill more than 99.9% of the different viruses by dissolving the lipids in the protective envelope surrounding the cell of the viruses."
https://www.monolaurinandmore.com/articles/monolaurin-rna-enveloped-viruses

"Medium-chain saturated and long-chain unsaturated fatty acids, on the other hand, were all highly active against the enveloped viruses, although the fatty acid concentration required for maximum viral inactivation varied by as much as 20-fold. Monoglycerides of these fatty acids were also highly antiviral, in some instances at a concentration 10 times lower than that of the free fatty acids. None of the fatty acids inactivated poliovirus. Antiviral fatty acids were found to affect the viral envelope, causing leakage and at higher concentrations, a complete disintegration of the envelope and the viral particles"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3032090/

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