Nigella sativa

Common antidepressant cut hospitalisations in COVID patients

Fluvoxamine - a low-cost and safe drug typically used in forms of depression and related disorders - has the potential to reduce the cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients, finds a study.

Aug 29, 2021, 13:21 PM IST

Kalonji may help in treatment for COVID-19 infection: Study

 A team from the University of Technology in Sydney found an active ingredient of Nigella sativa or Kalonji can prevent the SARS-CoV-2, the virus leading to COVID-19, from causing a lung infection. Their study is published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.

Aug 04, 2021, 14:41 PM IST