Germs and viruses in the body. Question: Could charcoal adsorb germs and viruses from the body system? - Ekharo Answers: Activated charcoal is antiviral and antibacterial (& antifungal). Many use activated charcoal for this use. Charcoal is antibacterial, not so much in the sense that it kills bacteria as antibiotics do, but in the sense that those bacteria that destroy tissue do not...