Affiliation:
1. Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695014, India
Abstract
Abstract:
Efforts have been made during the past two years to find out novel and effective drugs
against SARS-CoV-2. Plants have become a source for the development of novel and improved
medications against viruses due to the advancement of biomedical technologies and pharmacological
evaluations. Phytocompounds including flavonoids, phenolics, alkaloids, lignans, terpenoids and
tannins have been demonstrated to have antiviral properties, particularly against SARS CoV-2. The
present review discusses information on the potential antiviral traditional medicines, medicinally
important plants, their extracts and the specific bioactive compounds present in such plants along
with their mode of action. It also gives an insight regarding the limitations in exploring medicinal
plants for phytocompound antimicrobial drug discovery, and suggests novel and prospective strategies
considering the fact that they are naturally occurring and relatively less harmful with a view to
combating the present pandemic and the ones that may happen in the future.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine,Drug Discovery