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ReviewViruses2025

Medicinal Mushrooms, Probiotics and Combination of Natural Compounds in the Management of HPV: A Comparative Look at Viral Clearance and Lesion Resolution.

Giuseppina Porcaro, Marco Calcagno, Andrea Tinelli

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Giuseppina PorcaroDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Women's Health Centre, 05100 Terni, Italy.
Marco CalcagnoDepartment of Woman Health and Reproductive Medicine, Santo Spirito Hospital, 00193 Rome, Italy.
Andrea TinelliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CERICSAL (CEntro di RIcerca Clinico SALentino), Veris delli Ponti Hospital, 73020 Scorrano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8426-8490

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the fact that human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are common, there are currently no proven treatment approaches for persistent infections. A promising strategy to promote HPV clearance and the regression of caused lesions is dietary supplementation with natural compounds. This review evaluates available supplement formulations proposed in HPV care, focusing on combinations of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), folic acid (FA), vitamin B12 (B12), and hyaluronic acid (HA), as well as medicinal mushrooms and probiotics. The combination of EGCG, FA, B12, and HA is supported by the most consistent evidence, which shows a high rate of HPV clearance and lesion resolution across several clinical investigations. Medicinal mushrooms and probiotics have also shown some evidence of beneficial effects, although the diverse designs of the reported clinical studies may limit the observed findings. Overall, natural molecule-based supplements showed promising safety and efficacy profiles in the management of HPV persistent infection, supporting their clinical use. Of course, further investigations through well-designed, large-scale, randomized controlled trials will be necessary to provide strong support.

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AgaricalesBiological ProductsPapillomavirus InfectionsProbioticsCatechinDietary SupplementsFolic AcidHumansPapillomaviridaeVitamin B 12Biological ProductsCatechinepigallocatechin gallateFolic AcidVitamin B 12dietary supplementsepigallocatechin gallatefolic acidHPVhyaluronic acidmedicinal mushroomnatural moleculesprobioticsvitamin B12

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PMID40733559
PMCPMC12300315

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