Potential herbal drugs and phytochemicals to minimize the risk of COVID-19: A review

Abstract

Coronavirus COVID-19 is presently spreading very aggressively across the world and is extremely difficult to control as no appropriate medications or vaccines are found in the market. Natural/ Herbal medicine provides a broad range of therapeutic ingredients that serve as a peripheral guide for solving the myriad mystery of the current pandemic. Several studies are in progress with an objective to identify potential Indian herbal drugs and phytochemicals to minimize the risk of COVID-19. Therefore, the repositories of rapidly evolving reports have been retrieved from PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Embase, and the results of which are summarized. To conclude, certain herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals could be a possible therapeutic approach to minimize the risks of SARS-COV-2.