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Potential Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Dengue Fever: A Systematic Review
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: Received: 11 November 2023 / Approved: 13 November 2023 / Online: 13 November 2023 (14:31:25 CET)
How to cite: Ajaegbu, E. E.; Ikegbuna, C. P. Potential Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Dengue Fever: A Systematic Review. Preprints 2023, 2023110833. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0833.v1 Ajaegbu, E. E.; Ikegbuna, C. P. Potential Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Dengue Fever: A Systematic Review. Preprints 2023, 2023110833. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0833.v1
Abstract
Antiviral drugs cannot treat dengue fever, a serious medical disease spread by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. One important arbovirus disease is dengue fever. Safe, affordable and effective drugs that inhibit dengue virus (DENV) are needed to control dengue worldwide. Medicinal plants have long been considered an important alternative in the treatment of various diseases, including dengue fever. The aim of this study was to use databases PubMed, Google Scholar and Research Gate to identify plants of different tribes from different places that can be used for the treatment of DENV infection and open supportive care for dengue. Previous studies have shown antiviral activity of medicinal plants against DENV. The aim of the present study is to discover plants from different tribes from different places that can be used to treat DENV infection and provide open supportive care against dengue. The recommended reporting guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA statement) were followed in the search and selection of articles using the PubMed database, Google Scholar and Research Gate. The final selection was made after careful consideration and up to 85 publications that met the inclusion criteria. It is said that different plants from different tribes and geographical locations can be used to treat DENV infection.
Keywords
Antiviral drugs; arbovirus; natural products; Aedes; dengue; PRISMA; systematic review
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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