Review Articles ROLE OF PHYTOCHEMICALS IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID 19: AN UPDATE

Abstract

WHO declared the Outbreak of novel coronavirus disease as a global health emergency on 30th January, 2020. COVID-19, previously known as 2019-nCoV originated from Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 with symptoms ranging from the common cold to fatal diseases in population worldwide. Due to the lack of specific treatment and vaccine, main strategy for COVID-19 management is supportive therapy complemented by antibiotics, antimalarials, anti-virals, corticosteroids, and convalescent plasma. There is a dire need for the development of an anti-COVID-19 treatment that is effective against antigenically diverse viruses. At present, there is nor specific neither effective treatment that targets coronavirus; in fact, the development of such treatment may take months or even years, so we must focus on treatments related to natural origin. Therefore, the use of traditional medicinal plants with the potential of targeting SARS-CoV-2 and its pathways can be suggested as a possible therapeutic approach.