AUTHOR=Derosa Giuseppe , Maffioli Pamela , D’Angelo Angela , Di Pierro Francesco 

TITLE=Nutraceutical Approach to Preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Related Complications

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Immunology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.582556

DOI=10.3389/fimmu.2021.582556

ISSN=1664-3224

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>Several months ago, Chinese authorities identified an atypical pneumonia in Wuhan city, province of Hubei (China) caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or SARS-CoV-2). The WHO announced this new disease was to be known as “COVID-19”.</p></sec><sec><title>Evidence Acquisition</title><p>Several approaches are currently underway for the treatment of this disease, but a specific cure remains to be established.</p></sec><sec><title>Evidence Synthesis</title><p>This review will describe how the use of selected nutraceuticals could be helpful, in addition to pharmacological therapy, in preventing some COVID-19-related complications in infected patients.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Even if a specific and effective cure for COVID-19 still has some way to go, selected nutraceuticals could be helpful, in addition to pharmacological therapy, in preventing some COVID-19-related complications in infected patients.</p></sec>