Saffron: A potential drug-supplement for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (COVID) management.

ABSTRACT: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), came as a significant health care challenge for humans in 2019-20. Based on recent laboratory and epidemiological studies, a growing list of mutations in the virus has the potential to enhance its transmission or help it evade the immune response. To further compound the problems, there are considerable challenges to the availability of effective, affordable, safe vaccines on a mass scale. These impediments have led some to explore additional options available in traditional medicines, especially immune-boosting natural products. Saffron has been used for centuries to treat fever, bronchitis, cold and other immune, respiratory disorders. Herein, we discuss the potential role of saffron during and after COVID-19 infecti

SUBMITTER: Husaini AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8118646 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature