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Impact of tea Polyphenols on Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) as ImmuImpact of tea Polyphenols on Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) as Immunity Booster: A Reviewnity Booster: A Review

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Swapnil Jaiswal, Dr. Jayati Mitra
ยป doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.1.076

Abstract

Due to covid-19 pandemic, many countries imposed lockdown on their citizens to overcome the contamination of the virus. The global pandemic has caused severe threats to the physical health and daily life of peoples around the world and also leads a dramatic loss of human health worldwide and presents an unparalleled challenge to public health, food system and the world of work. More than 10,000 naturally occurring compounds are gathered in the large family of polyphenols having countless Biological and physiological health benefits for human health. This review focused on the polyphenols of green tea and Black tea particularly EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) and Theaflavins respectively. Tea polyphenols possess the binding sites present on SARS-CoV- 2 and interaction properties in them especially with EGCG and theaflavin-3,3โ€™- digallate(TF3).This review concludes the available researches and authenticity which displays the use of polyphenols as potential powers to treat COVID-19.

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