An in vitro assessment of anti SARS CoV 2 activity of oral preparations of iodine complexes (RENESSANS)
bioRxiv(2020)
Abstract
Since the emergence of CoVID-19 pandemic in China in late 2019, scientists are striving hard to explore non-toxic, viable anti-SARS-CoV-2 compounds or medicines. We determined anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity of oral formulations (syrup and capsule) of an Iodine-complex (Renessans). A monolayer of vero cells were exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in the presence and absence of different concentrations (equivalent to 50, 05 and 0.5 μg/ml of I) of Renessans. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity of each of the formulation was assessed in the form of cell survival, SARS-CoV-2-specific cytopathic effect (CPE) and genome quantization. With varying concentrations of syrup and capsule, a varying rate of inhibition of CPE, cells survival and virus replication was observed. Compared to 0.5 μg/ml concentration of Renessans syrup, 5 and 50 μg/ml showed comparable results where there was a 100% cell survival, no CPEs and a negligible viral replication (ΔCT= 0.11 and 0.13, respectively). This study indicates that Renessans, containing iodine, may have potential activity against SARS-CoV-2 which needs to be further investigated in human clinical trials.
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Key words
CoVID-19,SARS-CoV-2,Virus,Iodine complex,Renessence
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