Medicinal Plants and their Potential Role in Covid-19: An Overview

  • Unique Paper ID: 153963
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 9
  • PageNo: 354-356
  • Abstract:
  • Herbal medicines are of high importance and hence are in great demand throughout the world because of their medicinal properties, safer use, wider and low cost availability. A plant can be categorised as medicinal if any of its part contains therapeutic substances or the substances that can act as precursor for therapeutic chemical synthesis. The biological properties of plant species utilised all over the world are typically due to secondary metabolites generated by plants. COVID time period has witnessed the increased usage of medicinal plants and their products in order to improve immunity. There are number of plants having potential antiviral, antimicrobial, immunity booster etc roles which can be used to combat COVID situation. This review focuses on some commonly used traditional Indian medicinal plants with their potential; role to combat COVID situation.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 9
  • PageNo: 354-356

Medicinal Plants and their Potential Role in Covid-19: An Overview

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