Natural products as a source of novel drugs for treating SARS-CoV2 infection

Ciro Isidoro ； Ashley Chiung-Fang Chang ； Lee-Yan Sheen

《Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine》 12卷1期 (2022/01) Pp. 1-5

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2022.02.001

摘要

COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the beta-corona virus SARS-CoV2, has posed a global health threat causing more than five million of deaths in the last two years in the world. Although the disease often presents with mild cold-like symptoms, it may have lethal consequences following thromboembolisms hyperinflammation and cytokine storm eventually leading to pulmonary fibrosis and multiple organ failure. Despite the progress made in the understanding of the SARS-CoV2 pathology and the clinical management of COVID-19, the viral illness is still a health concern since outbreaks continue to resurge due to the emergence of mutant variants of the virus that resist the vaccines. Therefore, there is an urgent need for therapeutics that can block SARS-CoV2 viral transmission and the progression from infection to severe symptomatic illness. Natural products could be a valuable source of drugs for the management of COVID-19 disease, particularly because they can act on multitargets and through different mechanisms including inhibition of biochemical pathways, epigenetic regulation of gene expression, modulation of immune response, regulation of pathophysiological stress response. Here we present an overview of the natural products that possess SARS-CoV2 antiviral activity and the potential to benefit the management of COVID-19.

關鍵字

Infectious disease ； Viral replication ； Nutraceuticals ； Herbal medicine ； Dietary supplements ； Molecular docking ； Drug development

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