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: Received: 17 April 2020 / Approved: 19 April 2020 / Online: 19 April 2020 (04:15:18 CEST)
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Yonesi, M.; Rezazadeh, A. Plants as a Prospective Source of Natural Anti-viral Compounds and Oral Vaccines Against COVID-19 Coronavirus. Preprints2020, 2020040321. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0321.v1
Yonesi, M.; Rezazadeh, A. Plants as a Prospective Source of Natural Anti-viral Compounds and Oral Vaccines Against COVID-19 Coronavirus. Preprints 2020, 2020040321. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0321.v1
Yonesi, M.; Rezazadeh, A. Plants as a Prospective Source of Natural Anti-viral Compounds and Oral Vaccines Against COVID-19 Coronavirus. Preprints2020, 2020040321. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0321.v1
APA Style
Yonesi, M., & Rezazadeh, A. (2020). Plants as a Prospective Source of Natural Anti-viral Compounds and Oral Vaccines Against COVID-19 Coronavirus. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0321.v1
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Yonesi, M. and Alireza Rezazadeh. 2020 "Plants as a Prospective Source of Natural Anti-viral Compounds and Oral Vaccines Against COVID-19 Coronavirus" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0321.v1
Abstract
The proposal of novel drugs and approaches for effective treatment of the novel coronavirus is a necessity after the quick outbreak of the disease. Since the commencement of the coronavirus spread, enormous efforts have been made to protect, alleviate and cure the disease, though no specific treatment has been approved. While there have been convincing results in the use of chemical drugs and interferon therapy, such therapeutic approaches have various drawbacks and lack the required performance for the treatment of the new coronavirus. Medicinal plant species can provide a solution as a source of natural antiviral compounds by the accumulation of secondary metabolites and lectins as well as acting as a platform to express the viral immunogenic proteins. This study reviews the advantages and the results of previous research for the treatment of the novel coronavirus disease and previous generations of similar coronaviruses. Several plant-derived anti coronavirus compounds have been nominated that could be targeted for further research due to the similarity of the coronavirus disease in 2003 and the current coronavirus. This review regards plant species such as Scutellaria baicalensis (Baikal skullcap), and Utrica dioica (Stinging nettle) as suitable candidates for the new coronavirus antiviral research. Furthermore, the use of plants such as Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco) for the expression of the coronavirus viral antigens can be a target for the future vaccinal research of the new coronavirus due to the efficiency of expression and intrinsic antiviral properties.
Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology
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