Vitamin E at a high dose as an anti-ferroptosis drug and not just a supplement for COVID-19 treatment

Shima Tavakol, Alexander M Seifalian

Abstract

Even though the neurodegeneration upon vitamin Edeficiency is related to the ferroptosis. Maybe the neu-ral damages in COVID-19 patients are inhibited in partusing vitamin E consumption through an anti-ferroptosismechanism. In conclusion, it might be said that RBCcharacteristics such as RDW-CV% have vital importancein the prognosis of COVID-19 patients, while the ironserum level affects RDW-CV% and RBC volume and needsmore attention to be monitored in patients. Therefore, thetoxic mechanisms behind iron serum levels such as fer-roptosis should be prevented by vitamin E consumptionthroughinhibitinglipoxygenaseandperoxylradicals.Vita-min E supplement at a high dose of 500 mg/kg may alsoact as a treatment drug to inhibit ferroptosis in COVID-19 patients and decline ferroptosis damages to multipleorgans, including lung, kidney, liver, gut, heart, and ner-vous system. Based on some reports, it is leading to viralclearance and inflammation ablation through the T cells modulation.

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