Chaga birch mushroom: anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antiviral effects, the possibility of using the Russian drug BioChaga in patients with novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2022-08-18
Issue: 
8
Year: 
2022

Professor D. Dedov(1, 2), MD; O. Usolceva(3), Candidate of Medical Sciences
1-Tver State Medical University
2-Tver Regional Clinical Cardiology Dispensary
3-Irkutsk State Medical University

In the work performed: analysis of 28 publications from the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the United States, Great Britain, the Republic of Poland, Hungary, Serbia, the Republic of Korea, Portugal, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Republic of South Africa. Reflected: anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antiviral effect of birch chaga mushroom. Showed: a wide range of antiviral action of birch chaga mushroom. Presented: research on the effectiveness of the use of chaga in coronovirus infection. Studied: the possibility of using the Russian drug BioChaga in patients with novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Keywords: 
novel coronavirus infection
BioChaga
anti-inflammatory
SARS-CoV-2
immunomodulatory
antiviral
action
prevention
Baikal Legend
SibPribor LLC
Inonotus obliquus
medicinal mushrooms.



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