Day: March 21, 2020

Turmeric or curcumin is being advocated by some medical experts for reducing lung inflammation in the backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases in India, which is especially known to attack the respiratory system. Turmeric is being touted as the only way to keep inflammation in your body low so that you have a better chance of […]

Critically important studies emerging from China suggest that for many patients who die of Covid-19, it may be their own immune system, rather than the virus itself, that deals the fatal blow. This is called a cytokine storm. During a cytokine storm, an excessive immune response ravages healthy lung tissue, leading to acute respiratory distress […]

The search for novel anti-infectives is one of the most important challenges in natural product research, as diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi are influencing the human society all over the world. Natural compounds are a continuing source of novel anti-infectives. Accordingly, curcumin has been used for centuries in Asian traditional medicine to treat […]

Curcumin Suppression of Cytokine Release and Cytokine Storm. Potential Therapy for Patients with Ebola and Other Severe Viral Infections (Reference: http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/29/1/1.full#sec-3) Background: The terminal stage of Ebola and other viral diseases is often the onset of a cytokine storm, the massive overproduction of cytokines by the body’s immune system. Materials and Methods: The actions of […]

Here are some of the existing drugs that may be repurposed to treat coronavirus Pharmaceutical companies and research facilities are looking at a variety of existing drugs as treatment options for COVID-19. Here’s a partial list. Pharmaceutical companies and research facilities are working to find new, successful treatments for those infected with the coronavirus. But […]