COVID-19, cytokines, inflammation, and spices: How are they related?
Life Sci
; 284: 119201, 2021 Nov 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1574805
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Cytokine storm is the exaggerated immune response often observed in viral infections. It is also intimately linked with the progression of COVID-19 disease as well as associated complications and mortality. Therefore, targeting the cytokine storm might help in reducing COVID-19-associated health complications. The number of COVID-19 associated deaths (as of January 15, 2021; https//www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) in the USA is high (1199/million) as compared to countries like India (110/million). Although the reason behind this is not clear, spices may have some role in explaining this difference. Spices and herbs are used in different traditional medicines, especially in countries such as India to treat various chronic diseases due to their potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.AIM:
To evaluate the literature available on the anti-inflammatory properties of spices which might prove beneficial in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 associated cytokine storm.METHOD:
A detailed literature search has been conducted on PubMed for collecting information pertaining to the COVID-19; the history, origin, key structural features, and mechanism of infection of SARS-CoV-2; the repurposed drugs in use for the management of COVID-19, and the anti-inflammatory role of spices to combat COVID-19 associated cytokine storm. KEYFINDINGS:
The literature search resulted in numerous in vitro, in vivo and clinical trials that have reported the potency of spices to exert anti-inflammatory effects by regulating crucial molecular targets for inflammation.SIGNIFICANCE:
As spices are derived from Mother Nature and are inexpensive, they are relatively safer to consume. Therefore, their anti-inflammatory property can be exploited to combat the cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients. This review thus focuses on the current knowledge on the role of spices for the treatment of COVID-19 through suppression of inflammation-linked cytokine storm.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cytokines
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Spices
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COVID-19
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Inflammation
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Topics:
Traditional medicine
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Life Sci
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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