Therapeutic Potentials of Antiviral Plants Used in Traditional African Medicine With COVID-19 in Focus: A Nigerian Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorAlfred, Francis Attah
dc.contributor.authorAdeshola, Adebayo Fagbemi
dc.contributor.authorOlujide, Olubiyi
dc.contributor.authorHannah, Dada-Adegbola
dc.contributor.authorAkinseinde, Oluwadotun
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, Elujoba
dc.contributor.authorChinedum, Peace Babalola
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-10T09:10:02Z
dc.date.available2021-12-10T09:10:02Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-26
dc.description.abstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by an infectious novel strain of coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) which was earlier referred to as 2019-nCoV. The espiratory disease is the most consequential global public health crisis of the 21st century whose level of negative impact increasingly experienced globally has not been recorded since World War II. Up till now, there has been no specific globally authorized antiviral drug, vaccines, supplement or herbal remedy available for the treatment of this lethal disease except preventive measures, supportive care and non-specific treatment options adopted in different countries via divergent approaches to halt the pandemic. However, many of these interventions have been documented to show some level of success particularly the Traditional Chinese Medicine while there is paucity of well reported studies on the impact of the widely embraced Traditional African Medicines (TAM) adopted so far for the prevention, management and treatment of COVID-19. We carried out a detailed review of publicly available data, information and claims on the potentials of indigenous plants used in Sub-Saharan Africa as antiviral remedies with potentials for the prevention and management of COVID-19. In this review, we have provided a holistic report on evidence-based antiviral and promising anti-SARS-CoV-2 properties of African medicinal plants based on in silicon evidence, in vitro assays and in vivo experiments alongside the available data on their mechanistic pharmacology. In addition, we have unveiled knowledge gaps, provided an update on the effort of African Scientific community toward demystifying the dreadful SARS-CoV-2 micro-enemy of man and have documented popular anti-COVID-19 herbal claims emanating from the continent for the management of COVID-19 while the risk potentials of herb-drug interaction of antiviral phytomedicines when used in combination with orthodox drugs have also been highlighted. This review exercise may lend enough credence to the potential value of African medicinal plants as possible leads in anti-COVID- 19 drug discovery through research and development.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAttah AF, Fagbemi AA, Olubiyi O, Dada-Adegbola H, Oluwadotun A, Elujoba A and Babalola CP (2021) Therapeutic Potentials of Antiviral Plants Used in Traditional African Medicine With COVID-19 in Focus: A Nigerian Perspective. Front. Pharmacol. 12:596855. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.596855en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/7122
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers in Pharmacologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 12;Article 596855
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectphytomedicineen_US
dc.subjectTraditional African Medicineen_US
dc.subjectherbal immuno-stimulantsen_US
dc.subjectherb-drug interactionen_US
dc.titleTherapeutic Potentials of Antiviral Plants Used in Traditional African Medicine With COVID-19 in Focus: A Nigerian Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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