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During WW2, some British researchers put forward patulin as a treatment for the common cold (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791191,00.html?iid=chix-sphere). Subsequent research indicated that such treatment was ineffective (http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/33/2/243)Bustter 16:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)