Spices and Biomarkers of Covid-19: A Mechanistic and Therapeutic Perspective Publisher Pubmed

Summary: Review suggests spices like turmeric & ginger may ease COVID-19 severity via antiviral & anti-inflammatory effects. #COVID19 #Spices

Shirani M^{1, 2} ; Talebi S^{1, 2} ; Shojaei M^{1, 2} ; Askari G^{2, 3} ; Bagherniya M^{2, 3} ; Guest PC^{4, 5, 6} ; Sathyapalan T⁷ ; Sahebkar A^{8, 9, 10}
Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Published:2023

Abstract

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people around the world have increased their healthy behaviors to prevent transmission of the virus and potentially improve their immune systems. Therefore, the role of diet and food compounds such as spices with bioactive and antiviral properties may be important in these efforts. In this chapter, we review the efficacy of spices such as turmeric (curcumin), cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, saffron, capsaicin, and cumin by investigating the effects of these compounds of COVID-19 disease severity biomarkers. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.