Silymarin in COVID-19 Pneumonia

Summary

A randomized placebo controlled trial to assess the clinical outcome in COVID-19 Pneumonia following administration of Silymarin owing to its role as a p38 MAPK pathway inhibitor and its antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects

Timeline

Start

2020-08-16

Primary completion

2021-01-30

Completion

2021-02-28

Publications

• Background Liu CH, Jassey A, Hsu HY, Lin LT. Antiviral Activities of Silymarin and Derivatives. Molecules. 2019 Apr 19;24(8):1552. doi: 10.3390/molecules24081552.
• Background Li D, Hu J, Wang T, Zhang X, Liu L, Wang H, Wu Y, Xu D, Wen F. Silymarin attenuates cigarette smoke extract-induced inflammation via simultaneous inhibition of autophagy and ERK/p38 MAPK pathway in human bronchial epithelial cells. Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 22;6:37751. doi: 10.1038/srep37751.

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