Micronutrients and bioactive compounds in the immunological pathways related to SARS-CoV-2 (adults and elderly)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Juliana Arruda de Souza Monnerat; João D. Mattos; Gabrielle de Souza Rocha; Pedro Ribeiro de Souza; Letícia Monteiro da Fonseca Cardoso; Renata Frauches Medeiros
- Source
- European Journal of Nutrition
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
Adult
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
viruses
Phytochemicals
Medicine (miscellaneous)
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Disease
Review
medicine.disease_cause
Virus
Bioactive compounds
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Immune system
Immunity
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Micronutrients
Coronavirus
Aged
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
fungi
COVID-19
Middle Aged
Micronutrient
Immune System
Immunology
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1436-6215
1436-6207
The new coronavirus pandemic is affecting the entire world with more than 25 million confirmed cases in August 2020 according to the World Health Organization. It is known that the virus can affect several tissues and can progress to a respiratory failure in severe cases. To prevent the progression to this stage of the disease and minimize all the damage caused by coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) the immune system must be in its integrity. A healthy nutritional status are fundamental to efficient immunological protection and consequently a good response to SARS-CoV-2. Micronutrients and bioactive compounds perform functions in immune cells that are extremely essential to stop SARS-CoV-2. Their adequate consumption is part of a non-pharmacological intervention to keep the immune system functioning. This review has as main objective to inform how micronutrients and bioactive compounds could act in the essential immunological pathways could stop SARS-CoV-2, focusing on the functions that have already established in the literature and transposing to this scenario.