Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith Birati Kolkata India
2. Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Jadavpur University Kolkata India
Abstract
AbstractHepatitis C virus (HCV), a global malady, causes acute and chronic hepatitis leading to permanent liver damage, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death. Modern anti‐HCV therapies are efficient, but mostly inaccessible for residents of underdeveloped regions. To innovate more effective treatments at affordable cost, medicinal plant‐based products need to be explored. The aim of this article is to review plant constituents in the light of putative anti‐HCV mechanisms of action, and discuss existing problems, challenges, and future directions for their potential application in therapeutic settings. One hundred sixty literatures were collected by using appropriate search strings via scientific search engines: Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus. Bibliography was prepared using Mendeley desktop software. We found a substantial number of plants that were reported to inhibit different stages of HCV life cycle. Traditional medicinal plants such as Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. and Thonn., Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk., and Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile exhibited strong anti‐HCV activities. Again, several phytochemicals such as epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate, honokilol, punicalagin, and quercetin have shown broad‐spectrum anti‐HCV effect. We have presented promising phytochemicals like silymarin, curcumin, glycyrrhizin, and camptothecin for nanoparticle‐based hepatocyte‐targeted drug delivery. Nevertheless, only a few animal studies have been performed to validate the anti‐HCV effect of these plant products. Again, insufficient clinical evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of herbal medications remain a problem. Selected plants products could be developed as novel therapeutics for HCV patients only after scrupulous evaluation of their safety and efficacy in a clinical set‐up.
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