Natural Products as a Potential Source of Promising Therapeutics for COVID-19 and Viral Diseases.

Soheila BafandehEhsaneh KhodadadiKhudaverdi GanbarovMohammad AsgharzadehŞükran KöseHossein Samadi Kafil

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2023)

The immune system benefits from natural products and many of these play a role in activating antibody creation, maturation of immune cells, and stimulation of innate and adaptive immune responses. The lack of particular antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 means that apitherapy might be a viable option for reducing the hazards associated with COVID-19 in the absence of specific antivirals.

Keyphrases

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immune response
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dendritic cells
toll like receptor
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