Humanities
Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
  • Register
  • Login
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Current
  • Archives
  • Announcements
  • About
    • About the Journal
    • Submissions
    • Editorial Team
    • Privacy Statement
    • Contact
  • Register
  • Login

Journal of Education, Health and Sport

Zinc lozenges efficacy in cold treatment
  • Home
  • /
  • Zinc lozenges efficacy in cold treatment
  1. Home /
  2. Archives /
  3. Vol. 9 No. 9 (2019) /
  4. Articles

Zinc lozenges efficacy in cold treatment

Authors

  • Michał Dobrzyński Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin
  • Jakub Czarnota Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin
  • Dorota Sokół Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin
  • Tomasz Skubel Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin
  • Arkadiusz Standyło Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin
  • Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin

Keywords

zinc ions, common cold, lozenges

Abstract

Introduction: Until now zinc has been used mainly in oral pellets form when it was an insufficiency of this element in the body. Zinc as a lozenge or used locally on the skin found use in dermatology, ophthalmology and removing halithosis. Recently scientific publications suggesting that zinc lozenges can shorten the duration of cold even 30% appeared. The aim of the study is to analyze available scientific data considering zinc lozenges efficacy in cold treatment. Material and method: The study uses research results published on the PubMed platform. Results: Comparative diagrams were made in order to clearly depict effectiveness of certain zinc doses and forms on shortening the duration of cold. The most important is dose and type of zinc compound. Zinc acetate and gluconate show the best therapeutical activity applied in dose >75mg per day. Conclusions: According to the most of included research taking zinc lozenges reduces the duration of illness. Moreover the industrial process of making pellets is significant. Commonly used additional ingredients can bind zinc ions preventing their local activity In oral cavity. Properly prepared drug can be very effective way of shortening the duration of cold.

Downloads

  • PDF

Published

2019-09-07

How to Cite

1.
DOBRZYŃSKI, Michał, CZARNOTA, Jakub, SOKÓŁ, Dorota, SKUBEL, Tomasz, STANDYŁO, Arkadiusz and PIECEWICZ-SZCZĘSNA, Halina. Zinc lozenges efficacy in cold treatment. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. Online. 7 September 2019. Vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 299-305. [Accessed 17 May 2025].
  • ISO 690
  • ACM
  • ACS
  • APA
  • ABNT
  • Chicago
  • Harvard
  • IEEE
  • MLA
  • Turabian
  • Vancouver
Download Citation
  • Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)
  • BibTeX

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 9 (2019)

Section

Articles

License

The periodical offers access to content in the Open Access system under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

Stats

Number of views and downloads: 336
Number of citations: 0

Search

Search

Browse

  • Browse Author Index
  • Issue archive

User

User

Current Issue

  • Atom logo
  • RSS2 logo
  • RSS1 logo

Information

  • For Readers
  • For Authors
  • For Librarians

Newsletter

Subscribe Unsubscribe

Tags

Search using one of provided tags:

zinc ions, common cold, lozenges
Up

Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

Najlepsze czasopisma naukowe i akademickie w jednym miejscu

apcz.umk.pl

Partners

  • Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
  • Akademickie Towarzystwo Andragogiczne
  • Fundacja Copernicus na rzecz Rozwoju Badań Naukowych
  • Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
  • Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
  • Instytut Tomistyczny
  • Karmelitański Instytut Duchowości w Krakowie
  • Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
  • Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Krośnie
  • Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych we Włocławku
  • Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa im. Stanisława Pigonia w Krośnie
  • Polska Fundacja Przemysłu Kosmicznego
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Ekonomiczne
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
  • Towarzystwo Miłośników Torunia
  • Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu
  • Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
  • Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
  • Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika
  • Uniwersytet w Białymstoku
  • Uniwersytet Warszawski
  • Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna - Książnica Kopernikańska
  • Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Pelplinie / Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne „Bernardinum" w Pelplinie

© 2021- Nicolaus Copernicus University Accessibility statement Shop