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Kevin KF Ng, MD, PhD.
Former Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
University of Miami, Miami, FL., USA
Email: kevinng68@gmail.com
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2. Contents
Poll results in LinkedIn Post.
What is chicken soup?
History of chicken soup.
Nutrients of chicken soup.
Ingredients in chicken soup.
Scientific studies.
Mechanisms of action.
Summary.
3. Poll results on Is chicken soup a good symptom reliever for a common cold? posted
in LinkedIn from 2/15/2023 to 2/23/2023
https://www.linkedin.com/analytics/post-summary/urn:li:activity:7031501858342924289/
6. What is in a chicken soup?
Chicken soup is a mixture of chicken meat cooked with
vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices. Noodles and rice
may be added.
A typical Chinese chicken soup is made with
chicken meat
onions
garlics
ginger
salt
noodles.
The ingredients vary widely from countries to countries.
7. Chicken soups around the world in 6 continents
1. Asia
2. Africa
3. Australasia
4. Europe
5. North America
6. South America.
Sources: Internet
8. Number of publications on chicken soup in PubMed from
1970 to 2022
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=chicken+soup
15. What is cysteine in chicken soup?
Cysteine is a nonessential amino acid important for making proteins.
Cysteine is present in the chicken meat
Cysteine is a precursor to glutathione (a three-peptide antioxidant in all cells)
glutathione
16. Ginger enhanced the release of cysteine in
Chicken Soup (2021)
Adapted from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8307344/
n.d.
n.d.=not detected
17. Reported pharmacological activities of cysteine
Antibacterial
Antioxidant
Anti-inflammatory
Immuno-modulatory
Anticancer
Mucolytic
Precursor to glutathione
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-021-03062-z
18. Anti-inflammatory effect of cysteine on nuclear factor-kappa B
(NF-虜B) activation (2012)
Clin Exp Immunol. 2012 Feb; 167(2): 269274.
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-虜B) is a protein transcription factor and
considered a regulator of innate immunity.
20. Fate of cysteine in the human body
Cysteineis utilized by multiple pathways. Once generated,cysteine is consumed by variousmetabolic pathwayssuch as
protein synthesis, generationof glutathione,taurine, lanthionine,coenzyme A and the gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide
(H2S).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912966/#:~:text=Metabolism%20
of%20cysteine&text=(B)%20Cysteine%20is%20utilized%20by,sulfide%20(H2S).
22. Major Bioactive compounds in an onion (Allium cepa)
Adapted from https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/s-allyl-cysteine
N-acetylcysteine (NAC)
4.5 mg/100g*
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136759/
23. Major bioactive compounds in garlic (Allium sativum)
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/book/export/html/394
a precursor to glutathione (GSH),
24. Bioactive compounds in ginger (zingiber officinale)
https://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-ginger
30%
30. Grandmas Chicken Soup recipe used in the following study:
Chicken soup inhibits neutrophil chemotaxis in vitro (2000)
https://www.unmc.edu/news/stories/chicken-soup.html https://hal.science/hal-03427686/document
31. Cell viability and inhibition of chemotaxis by
chicken soup ingredients (2000)
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692%2815%2937721-7/pdf
vegetables
% Cell viability Chemotaxis (Cells/PHF)
33. Effects of chicken soups on the serum cytokines in the
immunosuppressed mice. (2022)
Abbreviations:
CBS, Cobb broiler soup;
GCS, Gushi chicken soup;
HCS, Honglashan chicken soup;
MC, model control;
NC, normal control.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9411684/
34. Effects of chicken soups on the release of immunoglobulins in
the immunosuppressed mice (2022)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9411684/
Normal control (NC), Model control (MC), Gushi Chicken Soup (GCS), Honglashan Chicken Soup (HCS), and Cobb Broiler Soup (CBS)
37. Mean annual incidence of respiratory illnesses
per person by age group (2003)
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673603121629/fulltext
38. Symptoms of a common cold
The symptoms of a common cold vary from person to person. They can include:
A runny nose
A sore throat
Sneezing
Coughing
Watery eyes
A headache
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/675258537867740315/
39. Difference between a cold and a flu (influenza)
Common cold
Runny nose
A sore throat
Sneezing
Coughing
Watery eyes
A headache
Influenza (Flu)
A cough full of mucus.
A sore throat can be the
first sign of a flu.
A blocked nose
Headaches. They nearly
always come with the flu.
A fever above 102o
.
Body aches and pains.
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40. Treatment for the common cold
There is no cure for the common cold caused by rhinovirus
There is no vaccine for the prevention of common cold.
There is no antiviral drug that targets rhinovirus.
Fortunately, the illness is self-limiting.
The symptoms of the common cold are usually relieved by chicken soup.
42. The question is:
Why is chicken soup commonly used as a home remedy?
息DRKEVINNG
Ineffective
Widely used
43. Answer:
Synergy of cysteine and phytochemicals in the chicken soup
Chicken meat:
cysteine
Precursor of glutathione
mucolytic
Antioxidant
Anti-inflammatory
Immuno-modulatory
Ingredients from vegetable and spice:
Onion phytochemicals
Garlic phytochemicals
Ginger phytochemicals
44. How does chicken soup relieve the common cold symptoms?
息DRKEVINNG
Effect of chicken soup
47. Summary
Chicken soup became popular in China more than two thousand years ago.
The soup is made by cooking chicken with vegetables or herbs.
Chicken soup has now spread to almost every country in the world.
Scientific studies on how chicken soups affect the commoncold are scarce.
A few studies show that chicken cooked with vegetables, herbs or spices produced
mucolytic, immuno-modulatory and anti-inflammatory effects.
The pharmacological effects are attributed to cysteine in the chicken meat and
phytochemicals in the ingredients.