Buccopharyngeal route administered high polyphenolic olive oil and COVID-19: A pilot clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Waning immunity after vaccination justifies the need for additional effective COVID-19 treatments. Immunomodulation of local immune response at the oropharyngeal mucosa could hypothetically activate mucosal immunity, which can prevent SARS-CoV-2 main immune evasion mechanisms in early stages of the disease and send an effective warning to other components of immune system. Olive polyphenols are biologically active compounds with immunomodulatory activity. There are previous studies based on immunomodulation with olive polyphenols and respiratory infections using an enteral route, which point to potential effects on time to resolution of symptoms. The investigators sought to determine whether participants following immunomodulation with tiny quantities of high polypheno

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Argente F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587735 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature