Ethnomedicinal herbs in African traditional medicine with potential activity for the prevention, treatment, and management of coronavirus disease 2019.

Olutayo Ademola AdeleyeMbang Nyong Femi-OyewoOluyemisi Adebowale BamiroLateef Gbenga BakreAkinyinka AlabiJoseph Senu AshidiOlalekan Adeyinka Balogun-AgbajeOluwakemi Mary HassanGbemisola Fakoya

Published in: Future journal of pharmaceutical sciences (2021)

Drug discovery from herbs is essential and should be exploited for the discovery of drugs for the management of COVID-19. This review is aimed at identifying ethnomedicinal herbs available in Africa that could be used for the discovery and development of a drug for the prevention, treatment, and management of the novel coronavirus disease 2019.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
drug discovery
small molecule
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
high throughput
combination therapy
replacement therapy