In 1937, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi received a Nobel Prize for discovering vitamin C and flavonoids, as well as for exploring their biochemical properties. Originally, he gave the flavonoids the name "vitamin P" because of their effectiveness in reducing the permeability of blood vessels. This name was abandoned when it was realized that these substances were not really vitamins. Quercetin is extracted from a variety of plant sources, including the onion peel and the seeds and pods of Dimorphandra mollis, a legume tree native to South America. Although we are far from knowing everything about quercetin, its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antihistamine (antiallergic) properties have been observed in numerous in vitro and animal studies.
Properties * Anti-oxidant, vascular protector * Inhibition of platelet aggregation, vasorelaxant , arterial relaxant * Anti-hypertensive , especially by certain derivatives (quercetin-3-glucuronic acid) * Nephroprotective in rats, protects against the nephrotoxicity of gentamicin * Anticancer , with immunostimulatory activity and inducer of apoptosis, with activity on the shock proteins HSP (heat shock proteins) hsp27 and hsp70 * Antitumor activity against prostate cancer and certain breast cancer cells * Prevention of cardiac toxicity from doxorubicin, with resveratrol * Protection against gastric inflammation associated with Helicobacter pylori infection by activity on MAPK, BCL-2, BAX. * Increases the antitoxic activity of the liver * Pancreatic lipase inhibitor, potential action in weight gain * Anti-inflammatory * Anti-allergic, inhibition of mast cell degranulation, with a preventive effect, reduction of inflammation linked to eosinophils (such as isoquercitrin regulates the Th1 / Th2 balance * Antiviral (dose-dependent reduction of infectivity, decreases intracellular replication) * Inhibition of rhinovirus replication * Influenza prophylaxis by quercetin or its derivatives (quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside), opposes the pro-oxidant effects induced by the influenza virus, antioxidant therapy could be used to prevent serious complications associated with influenza * In vitro inhibition of the penetration of the Ebola virus by quercetin-3-O-glucoside * Antiviral activity against Zika virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C, Epstein-Barr virus EBV and antitumor against human gastric carcinoma
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
200
HU Sahloul, sousse, Tunisia
Sousse, Itinéraire Ceinture Cité Sahloul, Tunisia
Riadh Boukef
Sahloul, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia
Mortality rate
death rate
Time frame: 30 days
Need for ICU admission
Number of participants admitted to the Intensive care unit (ICU)
Time frame: 30 days
treatment safety
rate of adverse events
Time frame: 30 days
Need for hospitalization for patients followed up at home
Need for hospitalization for patients followed up initially at home
Time frame: 30 days
lenghth of stay in Hospital
days spent at hospital for patients followed up initially at home
Time frame: 30 days
resolution of COVID-19 symptoms
Time to resolution of COVID-19 symptoms \[ Evaluated at day 15 and day 30 precising the Time at which the patient is completely symptom free and severity of symptoms
Time frame: 30 days
need for oxygen therapy
Number of participants who needed oxygen therapy
Time frame: 30 days
This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.