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Are Nutraceuticals Effective in COVIDâ19 and PostâCOVID Prevention and Treatment?
The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? After two years mastered by
coronavirus disease 19 (COVIDâ19) pandemic, we are now witnessing a turnaround. The reduction
of severe cases and deaths from COVIDâ19 led to increasing importance of a new disease called
postâCOVID syndrome. The term postâCOVID is used to indicate permanency of symptoms in
patients who have recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSâCoVâ2)
infection. Immune, antiviral, antimicrobial therapies, as well as ozone therapy have been used to
treat COVIDâ19 disease. Vaccines have then become available and administered worldwide to
prevent the insurgence of the disease. However, the pandemic is not over yet at all given the
emergence of new omicron variants. New therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. In this view,
great interest was found in nutraceutical products, including vitamins (C, D, and E), minerals (zinc),
melatonin, probiotics, flavonoids (quercetin), and curcumin. This review summarizes the role of
nutraceuticals in the prevention and/or treatment of COVIDâ19 disease and postâCOVID syndrome