Archives of Medical Research 51 (2020) 444

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Bioactive Lipids and Coronavirus
To the editor, 2. Goodnight Jr SH. Effects of dietary fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids on
platelets and blood vessels. Semin Thromb Hemost 1988;14:285e289.
3. Lippi G, Plebani M, Henry BM. Thrombocytopenia is associated with
severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: a meta-anal-
Dear Editor, we found that the article on Bioactive Lipids ysis. Clin Chim Acta 2020;506:145e148.
Inactivate Coronavirus (COVID-19)? is very interesting
(1). Das noted that ‘‘Oral or intravenous administration of SORA YASRI
AA and other unsaturated fatty acids may aid in enhancing Medical Center, KMT Primary Care Center
resistance and recovery from SARS-CoV-2, SARS and MERS Bangkok, Thailand
infections (1).’’ Das UN, et al. discussed on complex inflam-
matory process in new disease and possible role of bioactive VIROJ WIWANITKIT
lipids. In fact, if bioactive lipid is useful, there must be a Department of Community Medicine
pathway showing interrelationship between bioactive lipids Dr DY Patil University
pharmacological actions and virus pathogenesis process. Pune, India
Possible unwanted adverse effect of bioactive lipids should Department of Tropical Medicine
be mentioned. The effects on platelet and thromohemotasis Hainan Medical University
Haikou, China
system might occur (2) and this might superimpose the
thrombohmostatic disorder in COVID-19 (3). This topic is Address reprint requests to: Sora Yasri, KMT Primary Care Center,
the interesting issue for further research. Bangkok, Thailand; Phone: (þ66) 24789693; FAX: (þ66) 24789693;
E-mail: sorayasri@outlook.co.th
Conflict of Interest Received for publication April 2, 2020; accepted April 10, 2020
(ARCMED_2020_397).
None.

References
1. Das UN. Can Bioactive Lipids Inactivate Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
Arch Med Res, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2020.03.004.
(Epub ahead of print).

0188-4409/$ - see front matter. Copyright Ó 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of IMSS.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2020.04.007