Potential protective mechanisms of green tea polyphenol EGCG against COVID-19

Z Zhang, X Zhang, K Bi, Y He, W Yan, CS Yang… - Trends in food science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this comprehensive
review, we discuss the potential protective effects of (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) …

EGCG, a green tea catechin, as a potential therapeutic agent for symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Chourasia, PR Koppula, A Battu, MM Ouseph… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has emerged to be the greatest threat to humanity in the …

Protective effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in diseases with uncontrolled immune activation: could such a scenario be helpful to counteract COVID-19?

M Menegazzi, R Campagnari, M Bertoldi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Some coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients develop acute pneumonia which can
result in a cytokine storm syndrome in response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome …

Therapeutic potential of EGCG, a green tea polyphenol, for treatment of coronavirus diseases

J Park, R Park, M Jang, YI Park - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a major catechin found in green tea, and there is
mounting evidence that EGCG is potentially useful for the treatment of coronavirus diseases …

Epigallocatechin gallate from green tea effectively blocks infection of SARS-CoV-2 and new variants by inhibiting spike binding to ACE2 receptor

J Liu, BH Bodnar, F Meng, AI Khan, X Wang, S Saribas… - Cell & bioscience, 2021 - Springer
Background As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the new SARS-CoV-2 variants have
emerged in the different regions of the world. These newly emerged variants have mutations …

The green tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Henss, A Auste, C Schürmann… - Journal of General …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has caused a
pandemic with tens of millions of cases and more than a million deaths. The infection causes …

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a green tea polyphenol, reduces coronavirus replication in a mouse model

R Park, M Jang, YI Park, Y Park, W Jung, J Park, J Park - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a huge number of deaths from 2020 to 2021;
however, effective antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2 are currently under development …

A comprehensive review of the potential use of green tea polyphenols in the management of COVID‐19

TE Tallei, Fatimawali, NJ Niode… - Evidence‐Based …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Green tea is produced from Camellia sinensis (L.) buds and leaves that have not gone
through the oxidation and withering processes used to produce black and oolong teas. It …

Antiviral effects of green tea EGCG and its potential application against COVID-19

YQ Wang, QS Li, XQ Zheng, JL Lu, YR Liang - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
(–)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), the most abundant component of catechins in tea
(Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze), plays a role against viruses through inhibiting virus …

[HTML][HTML] Symptomatic protective action of glycyrrhizin (licorice) in COVID-19 infection?

H Murck - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The role of the ACE2 enzyme in the COVID-19 infection is 2-fold, with opposing implications
for the disease development. 1. The membrane bound angiotensin converting enzyme 2 …