Antiviral effect of phytochemicals from medicinal plants: Applications and drug delivery strategies

S Ben-Shabat, L Yarmolinsky, D Porat… - Drug delivery and …, 2020 - Springer
Viral infections affect three to five million patients annually. While commonly used antivirals
often show limited efficacy and serious adverse effects, herbal extracts have been in use for …

Plants metabolites: possibility of natural therapeutics against the COVID-19 pandemic

FR Bhuiyan, S Howlader, T Raihan, M Hasan - Frontiers in medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19, a disease induced by SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus-2), has been the cause of a worldwide pandemic. Though extensive research …

Anti-viral triterpenes: a review

P Darshani, S Sen Sarma, AK Srivastava… - Phytochemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Triterpenes are naturally occurring derivatives biosynthesized following the isoprene rule of
Ruzicka. The triterpenes have been reported to possess a wide range of therapeutic …

Phytochemicals from plant foods as potential source of antiviral agents: An overview

T Behl, G Rocchetti, S Chadha, G Zengin, S Bungau… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
To date, the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide include viral infections,
such as Ebola, influenza virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), severe acute …

[HTML][HTML] Beneficial health effects of lupenone triterpene: A review

F Xu, X Huang, H Wu, X Wang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
There are a large number of new structure compounds with good pharmacological activity in
the natural plants, can be applied to the treatment of human diseases. Finding active …

Potential medicinal plants to combat viral infections: A way forward to environmental biotechnology

R Sharma, M Bhattu, A Tripathi, M Verma… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The viral diseases encouraged scientific community to evaluate the natural antiviral
bioactive components rather than protease inhibitors, harmful organic molecules or nucleic …

Carboxylesterase inhibitors: an update

LW Zou, Q Jin, DD Wang, QK Qian… - Current Medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Mammalian carboxylesterases are key serine hydrolases that catalyze the hydrolysis of a
wide variety of ester compounds in the corresponding carboxylic acids and alcohols. In …

Recent advances in antiviral activities of triterpenoids

Y Liu, L Yang, H Wang, Y Xiong - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Triterpenoids, important secondary plant metabolites made up of six isoprene units, are
found widely in higher plants and are studied for their structural variety and wide range of …

Triterpenoids

RA Hill, JD Connolly - Natural Product Reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering 2015. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2018, 35, 1294–1329 This review covers
the isolation and structure determination of triterpenoids reported during 2015 including …

Recent advances in natural anti‐HIV triterpenoids and analogs

HF Wu, SL Morris‐Natschke, XD Xu… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
epidemic is one of the world's most serious health challenges. Although combination …