Curcumin: a Wonder Drug as a Preventive Measure for COVID19 Management

Indian journal of clinical biochemistry

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Yamuna Manoharan¹  Vikram Haridas²  K. C. Vasanthakumar¹  Sundaram Muthu¹  Fathima F. Thavoorullah¹  Praveenkumar Shetty⁴ 

[1] Winomicx Molecular Diagnostics and Research (P) Ltd;Arthritis Speciality Center;Department of Medicine, S. D. M. College of Medical Sciences and Hospital;Central Research Laboratory;Department of Biochemistry

关键词: Curcumin India Anti-viral Nanoemulsion COVID 19;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12291-020-00902-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

A major outbreak of highly contagious disease novel coronavirus (COVID19) that has recently emerged as epidemic in China in December 2019, spreads across the globe and becoming a pandemic [1]. The disease is caused by novel Corona virus SARS-COV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) belonging to the family coronaviridae. Coronaviruses are single stranded positive sense RNA viruses, transmitted to humans via respiratory droplets. Majority of the severe SARS-CoV2 infected patients develop acute respiratory distress due to the elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines and other clinical conditions like diarrhoea, when infection is transmitted through food [1–3]. Globally, it is reported that 6,057,853 positive cases with 371,166 deaths thus far. In India over 190,000 confirmed COVID19 positive cases have been reported, the virus claimed 5577 lives so far suggesting a low mortality rate in Indian population as compared to other ethnics.

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