Published November 6, 2020 | Version v1

The Perspectives of Medicinal Plants for COVID-19 Treatment: A Review

  • 1. Department of Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah-80208, Saudi Arabia
  • 2. Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Larensteinselaan 26-A, 6882 CT Velp, Netherlands
  • 3. Department of Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah-80208, Saudi Arabia & Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Akbarpur, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh
  • 4. Department of Horticulture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh

Description

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID–19 as a pandemic disease due to its rapid spreading worldwide, caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has brought about many fatalities. Until now, no effective treatment in the form of anti-virus medication or vaccine has been available for the disease. Therefore, this review aimed to identify some important medicinal plants with herbal formulae and guidelines which are used to treat viral diseases especially pandemic COVID-19 disease. Based on this argument, an online search was performed, which assisted to identify a group of plant species harboring antiviral properties. In the recent past, some natural herbal compounds prepared from existing medicinal plants available surrounding us have demonstrated encouraging antiviral properties. This review can be used as guidance of traditional medicine for the alternative treatment of COVID-19 disease with the utilization of medicinal plants.

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