Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Improved Respiratory Infection Resistance

• Enhancing immunity in viral infections, with special emphasis on COVID-19: A review.

  • 2020-07
  • Systematic Review · n = 640
  • Diabetes & metabolic syndrome 14(4)
  • • Ranil Jayawardena
    • Piumika Sooriyaarachchi
    • Michail Chourdakis
    • Chandima Jeewandara
    • Priyanga Ranasinghe

  • PubMed: 32334392
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.015

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Respiratory Infection Resistance

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Among vitamins, A and D showed a potential benefit, especially in deficient populations. Among trace elements, selenium and zinc have also shown favourable immune-modulatory effects in viral respiratory infections.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small