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cord-333632-i2bjap7m	Senthil Kumar, K. J.	Geranium and Lemon Essential Oils and Their Active Compounds Downregulate Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), a SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain, in Epithelial Cells	2020-06-19		.txt	text/plain	3864	227	49	title: Geranium and Lemon Essential Oils and Their Active Compounds Downregulate Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), a SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain, in Epithelial Cells The results suggest that geranium and lemon essential oils and their derivative compounds are valuable natural anti-viral agents that may contribute to the prevention of the invasion of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 into the human body. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report indicating that geranium and lemon essential oils and their major components citronellol, geraniol, limonene, linalool, and neryl acetate downregulate ACE2 receptor activity in virus-host epithelial cells. In this study, we presented the first piece of evidence that geranium and lemon essential oils and their major compounds, citronellol, geraniol, limonene, linalool, and neryl acetate, could downregulate ACE2 expression in epithelial cells, thereby blocking virus entry into host cells, and eventually preventing viral infection.	./cache/cord-333632-i2bjap7m.txt	./txt/cord-333632-i2bjap7m.txt