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Could nature be the solution- A review on selected folklore medicinal plants with antiviral activities repurposed for COVID-19 treatment

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Title Could nature be the solution- A review on selected folklore medicinal plants with antiviral activities repurposed for COVID-19 treatment
 
Creator Goyal, Arvind Kumar
Middha, Sushil Kumar
Usha, Talambedu
 
Subject Antiviral
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Herbal
Medicinal plants
 
Description 891-901
The outbreak and rapid spread of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in global pandemic. The purpose of this
work is to provide an ethnopharmacological overview of selected medicinal plants having antiviral activity along with their
applications to treat COVID-19 related symptoms based on fragmented literature. Hundreds of published research articles
were screened and reviewed using online search engines such as PubMed, PMC and Google Scholar with relevant keywords
related to coronavirus, antiviral medicinal plants, phytochemical compounds, cough and fever. A total of 12 plants having
antiviral activity against a number of viruses were documented with their probable mechanism of action. Most of the studied
plants and their compounds were also reported to have other therapeutic potentials and were used to boost immunity, treat
cough, fever, tiredness, difficulty in breathing and diarrhoea, which are common symptoms of COVID-19 infections as per
World Health Organization. This review hopefully opens a new horizon in the development of antiviral drug against novel
coronavirus COVID-19.
 
Date 2021-11-11T10:54:09Z
2021-11-11T10:54:09Z
2021-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58460
 
Language en
 
Relation Int. Cl.21: A61P 31/12, A61K 36/00
 
Publisher CSIR-NIScPR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.20(4) [October 2021]