Abstract

NOVEL PERCEPTION ON THE ANTI - VIRAL EFFECT OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL MOLECULES AGAINST COVID -19

M. A. Nandedkar*, S. V. Mahajan, K. M. Pardeshi, R. J. Oswal and M. S. Shah

Abstract

The world community is facing unpredicted pandemic of novel Corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome. Corona virus (SARs COV- 2) was first reported in Wuhan the capital of Hubei china. This disease spread globally with 5,794,000 conform cases in 213 countries and territories or 3,57,510 death as of May 28,2020 7:16 GMT despite worldwide efforts to contain it the pandemic is continuing to speed for want clinically proven prophylaxis and therapeutic strategies. The dimensions of pandemic require an urgent harnessing of all knowledge system available globally. The pyrolytic and therapeutic potential of traditional and complimentary medicine system such as herbal plant preparation and phytoconstituent have proved useful in attenuating infectious condition and crucial role in drug development process against COVID-19 treatment. Among the viral infections play and important role in human disease. so treatment of viral infections addition of good number of natural products with anti-corona virus activity are the major constituents of some common dietary supplements which can be exploited to improve the immunity of the general population in COVID -19 pandemic. In this review, we summaries the antiviral effect reported for several natural product and herbal medicine.

Keywords: COVID-19, Anti-viral agents, Phytoconstituents.