Medicinal plants with antiviral effect: A review
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Thi qar University, Iraq.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, 24(01), 098–113.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2023.24.1.0275
Publication history:
Received on 03 June 2023, revised on 11 July 2023, accepted on 14 July 2023
Abstract:
Several phytochemicals exhibited high level of antiviral activity. Medicinal plant possessed antiviral activity via many mechanisms included inhibition of viral replication, inhibition of the assembly of intracellular infectious virus particles, inhibition of viral infectivity, inhibition of RNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, viral neuraminidase, protease, reverse transcriptase and viral protein expression and many other mechanisms. The current review discuss the medicinal plants with antiviral activity with their mechanisms of action.
Keywords:
Medicinal plant; Pharmacology; Antiviral; Mechanisms; Therapeutics
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