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 …

Flavonoids are widely distributed as secondary metabolites produced by plants and play
important roles in plant physiology, having a variety of potential biological benefits such as …

Flavonoids are natural biomolecules that are known to be effective antivirals. These
biomolecules can act at different stages of viral infection, particularly at the molecular level to …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) became a globally leading public health concern over the past …

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a medicinal plant from the Asteraceae family. Silymarin is
the major constituent of milk thistle extract and is a mixture of some flavonolignans such as …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, periodic recurrence of viral infections, and the
emergence of challenging variants has created an urgent need of alternative therapeutic …

The flavonoid silymarin extracted from the seeds of Sylibum marianum is a mixture of 6
flavolignan isomers. The 3 more important isomers are silybin (or silibinin), silydianin, and …

Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral illness characterized by a sudden onset of
fever associated with joint pains. It was first described in the 1950s during a Chikungunya …

Medicinal plants are considered the reservoir of diverse therapeutic agents and have been
traditionally employed worldwide to heal various ailments for several decades. Silymarin is a …

Plants have been used as medicinal agents since the origin of mankind. High cost and
severe side effects associated with conventional chemotherapy has limited their general …