Title of article
Herbal therapy in Covid-19: A systematic review of medicinal plants effective against Covid-19
Author/Authors
Widoyo ، Heru Computer Science Department - Bina Nusantara University , Mohammed ، Zahraa Yassen Medical Laboratory Techniques Department - Al-Maarif University College , Ramírez-Coronel ، Andrés Alexis Health and Behaviour Research Group (HBR), Psychometry and Ethology Laboratory - Catholic University of Cuenca, Azogues Campus Nursing Career , Iswanto ، Acim Heri Public Health Department - Faculty of Health Science - University of Pembangunan National Veteran Jakarta , Thattarauthodiyil ، Usman Department of Musculoskeletal and Sports Injuries Rehabilitation - Batterjee Medical College , Alkhayyat ، Ameer S. Medical Laboratory Technology Department - College of Medical Technology - The Islamic University , Karimi ، Mohammad Department of Infectious Disease - Imam Reza Hospital , Bahmani ، Mahmoud Biotechnology and Medicinal Plants Research Centre - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Eftekhari ، Zohre Biotechnology Department - Pasteur Institute of Iran
From page
1289
To page
1298
Abstract
In 2019, a new disease called Covid-19 was detected in Wuhan located in China which caused seriously disease or death at any age. This disease has various symptoms such as fever, chills, cough, sore throat, headache, body pain, muscle pain, diarrhoea, and vomiting. In this review study, articles related to the subject were searched using scientific sites such as Medline, PubMed, and Google Scholar using the keywords of traditional medicine, medicinal plants, and Covid-19. After downloading the articles, irrelevant articles were removed and related articles were reviewed. According to the results obtained from the review of the literature, the effective medicinal herbs including Zingiber officinale, Alpinia officinarum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Nigllea sativa, Citrus paradise, Laurus nobilis L. and Echinacea purpura were the most important medicinal herbs used in treatment of Coronavirus. Antiviral chemical drugs usually inhibit the virus by disrupting the key protein and viral virulence factors. Probably, medicinal plants inhibit corona virus with a mechanism similar to the chemical drugs. Therefore, it is possible to produce effective herbal medicines as alternative for synthetic drugs and reduce the pain and suffering from Covid-19 in patients.
Keywords
Coronavirus , COVID , 19 , Medicinal plants , Therapy
Journal title
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences (CJES)
Journal title
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences (CJES)
Record number
2760299
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