Projected supportive effects of Pycnogenol® in patients suffering from multi dimensional health impairments after a SARS CoV2 infection

•A review of COVID-19 symptoms and the potentially beneficial effects of PycnogenolⓇ in this disease.•COVID-19 patients suffer from inflammation of endothelial cells, microvascular injuries and coagulopathies.•PycnogenolⓇ has proven anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, endothelium-protective and platelet-activity-regulating properties.•A supplementation with PycnogenolⓇ might support the management of COVID-19 patients.•PycnogenolⓇ is a safe natural food supplement, extracted from French maritime pine bark, which has been used for investigation in over 400 research papers.