Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity (Aug 2020)
Beneficial Effects of Anti-Oxidative Herbal Medicines in Diabetic Patients Infected with COVID-19: A Hypothesis
Abstract
Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy,1,2 Mohammad Abdollahi,2,3 Bagher Larijani2 1Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 3Toxicology and Diseases Group, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center (PSRC), The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TIPS), and Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence: Bagher LarijaniTehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 10, Next to Dr. Shariati Hospital, Jalal Al Ahmad Hwy., North Kargar Ave., Tehran 1411713119, IranTel/ Fax +982188631296-7Email [email protected]: During the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is critical to introduce potential medical treatments. Anti-oxidative herbal medicines with evidence-based beneficial impacts in the treatment of diabetes mellitus can be suggested as an adjuvant therapy to its conventional treatments in patients infected with COVID-19.Keywords: herbal medicine, COVID-19, anti-oxidative, diabetes mellitus
