Cardiac glycosides and COVID-19: would it be a promising therapeutic approach?
Abstract Cardiac glycosides have been found to have an anti-viral effect. This was noted in the past during various epidemics including MERS and SARS. It is due to their inhibitory effect on the Na, K-ATPase membrane pump. Furthermore, they exhibit anti-inflammatory properties. These preclinical obs...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2020-10-01
|
Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000700203&tlng=en |