Article ; Online: Nitric oxide dosed in short bursts at high concentrations may protect against Covid 19.
Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry
2020 Volume 103, Page(s) 1–3
Abstract: ... the US. We hypothesize, that the intermittent bursts of high NO concentration in cigarette smoke may be a mechanism ... coronavirus. Despite smoking being listed as a risk factor to contract Covid-19, only a low proportion ... of the smokers suffered from SARS-corona infection in China 2003, and from Covid-19 in China, Europe and ...
Abstract | It has long been suggested that NO may inhibit an early stage in viral replication. Furthermore, in vitro tests have shown that NO inhibits the replication cycle of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Despite smoking being listed as a risk factor to contract Covid-19, only a low proportion of the smokers suffered from SARS-corona infection in China 2003, and from Covid-19 in China, Europe and the US. We hypothesize, that the intermittent bursts of high NO concentration in cigarette smoke may be a mechanism in protecting against the virus. Mainstream smoke from cigarettes contains NO at peak concentrations of between about 250 ppm and 1350 ppm in each puff as compared to medicinal use of no more than 80 to a maximum of 160 ppm. The diffusion of NO through the cell wall to reach the virus should be significantly more effective at the very high NO concentration in the smoke, according to classic laws of physics. The only oxide of nitrogen in the mainstream smoke is NO, and the NO |
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MeSH term(s) | Administration, Inhalation ; Betacoronavirus/drug effects ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Nitric Oxide/administration & dosage ; Nitric Oxide/pharmacology ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; Protective Agents/administration & dosage ; Protective Agents/pharmacology ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Smokers ; Smoking ; COVID-19 Drug Treatment |
Chemical Substances | Protective Agents ; Nitric Oxide (31C4KY9ESH) |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-06-23 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1362794-6 |
ISSN | 1089-8611 ; 1089-8603 |
ISSN (online) | 1089-8611 |
ISSN | 1089-8603 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.niox.2020.06.005 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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