Authors: Chrysanthus Chukwuma Sr
The extant COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an expansive mortality due to the SARS-CoV-2. The SARS-CoV-2 is encompassed by a lipid bilayer that enhances fusion of the viral membrane to the host cell, replication, endocytosis, exocytosis and role of lipid metabolism in viral infectivity. In the absence of appropriate drugs and vaccines, there are never-ending opportunities for antiviral treatments. Consumption of diets suffused with carbohydrates and saturated fats contribute to obesity and diabetes prevalence, oxidative stress and comorbidities development as risk factors for COVID-19 pandemic as an emergency public health enigma. COVID-19 outbreak has invariably constituted a severe challenge to global public health system with resultant deficient approaches to stem the disorder but carbohydrates may provide accelerated diagnostics, appropriate, effective and efficient vaccines and therapeutic regimen. This paper provides a set of themes and modalities for analysing carbohydrate-lipid interactions as extrapolated to the issues and challenges of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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