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ArticleIntegrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.)2021

Are Antiviral Flavonoids Part of the Solution to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Joseph Pizzorno

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Article in Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Joseph Pizzorno

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relentless continuation of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic clearly indicates the need to broaden our approach to this serious, worldwide problem. An important factor that has received little attention is the protective role of dietary antiviral flavonoids. Many flavonoids have been shown through molecular docking assays, as well as in silico studies, and in vitro and in vivo studies to inhibit virtually every mechanism needed by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) to penetrate cells and hijack molecular processes. These inhibitory effects have shown clinical benefit in a few preliminary studies. In this editorial I present research which makes the case for dietary flavonoids as part of the solution to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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