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Recent Advances in Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 2772-2708
ISSN (Online): 2772-2716

Editorial

Bile Acids and SARS-CoV-2: Ursodeoxycholic Acid as a Potential Treatment of COVID-19

Author(s): Stefano Fiorucci*, Ginevra Urbani and Eleonora Distrutti

Volume 17, Issue 1, 2023

Published on: 09 June, 2023

Page: [2 - 6] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/2772270817666230601124326

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