Spices and Biomarkers of COVID-19: A Mechanistic and Therapeutic Perspective

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023;1412:375-395. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28012-2_20.ABSTRACTIn 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.PMID:37378778 | DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-28012-2_20

Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - June 28, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Masha Shirani Shokoofeh Talebi Mehrnaz Shojaei Gholamreza Askari Mohammad Bagherniya Paul C Guest Thozhukat Sathyapalan Amirhossein Sahebkar Source Type: research