Role of micronutrients in the management of coronavirus disease 2019

M AbdAllah; H Ez Elarab; E Raslan; L Saber; E Daoud; M Saber

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100782

Role of micronutrients in the management of coronavirus disease 2019

New Microbes New Infect. 2020 Nov:38:100782. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100782. Epub 2020 Oct 10.

Authors

M AbdAllah¹, H Ez Elarab², E Raslan³, L Saber⁴, E Daoud¹, M Saber¹

Affiliations

¹ Complementary Medicine Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
² Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Medical Biochemistry, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

Micronutrients play an important role in enhancing the immune system, therefore, proper nutritional support of micronutrients could have a positive impact on COVID-19 outcome.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; micronutrients; nutrition; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; supplementation.