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ReviewFood science & nutrition2023

The effect of quercetin supplementation on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Somayeh Ziaei, Malek Alimohammadi-Kamalabadi, Motahareh Hasani, Mahsa Malekahmadi, Emma Persad, Javad Heshmati

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Review in Food science & nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Somayeh ZiaeiICU Department, Emam Reza Hospital Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran.
Malek Alimohammadi-KamalabadiDepartment of Cellular-Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Motahareh HasaniDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, School of Health Golestan University of Medical Sciences Gorgan Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9002-1192
Mahsa MalekahmadiDepartment of Cellular-Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Emma PersadDepartment for Evidence-based Medicine and Evaluation Danube University Krems Krems Austria.
Javad HeshmatiSonghor Healthcare Center Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2676-0185
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRGolestan University · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversität für Weiterbildung Krems · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affects both the respiratory system and the body as a whole. Natural molecules, such as flavonoid quercetin, as potential treatment methods to help patients combat COVID-19. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to give a comprehensive overview of the impact of quercetin supplementation on inflammatory factors, hospital admission, and mortality of patients with COVID-19. The search has been conducted on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library using relevant keywords until August 25, 2023. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing COVID-19 patients who received quercetin supplementation versus controls. We included five studies summarizing the evidence in 544 patients. Meta-analysis showed that quercetin administration significantly reduced LDH activity (standard mean difference (SMD): -0.42, 95% CI: -0.82, -0.02,

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COVID‐19CRPD‐dimmerferritinLDHmortalityquercetin

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PMID38107099
PMCPMC10724618
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