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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Role of Herbal and Nutritional Treatments in the Fight against COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Tract Infections.

Aline El Zakhem, May Annie Chalhoub, Maya Bassil

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aline El ZakhemDivision of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0002-2961-3543
May Annie ChalhoubDepartment of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102, Lebanon.
Maya BassilDepartment of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102, Lebanon.
Lebanese American University · LBAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the growing spread of COVID-19 worldwide, the appeal to alternative and nutritional therapies in conjunction with medical therapies has been heightened. This article aims to review studies assessing the roles of Chinese traditional medicine and nutrition in upper respiratory infections, including COVID-19. Various Chinese herbal protocols have been shown to fight respiratory infections, with several having been tested on the novel coronavirus. Additionally, promising findings have been reported when medical treatments were complemented with nutritional interventions. Supplementation with vitamins C and D, Zinc and Selenium are discussed, in addition to certain phytochemicals and food that also possess immunoregulatory and antiviral properties. Further clinical studies are needed to establish these alternative treatments as part of the management of emerging respiratory infections.

Indexed as

COVID-19Respiratory Tract InfectionsHumansMicronutrientsSARS-CoV-2VitaminsMicronutrientsVitaminsChinese herbal medicinecoronavirusCOVID-19micronutrientsnutritionrespiratory infections

Identifiers

PMID34831757
PMCPMC8624644
OpenAlexW3212987016

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Registered trials

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