Potential medicinal plants used in the treatment of COVID-19: A review

Novel coronavirus COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), the unexpected pandemic that been caused severe fright worldwide. It has presented the world with one of the most difficult global public health crises and the arrival of COVID-19 has kept the whole world on their toes. The spread of COVID19 has become a health emergency and attention has been raised worldwide to design prevention and management strategy. Although several clinical trials are ongoing, no approved medications from Food and Drug Administration are available at a time, after while some preventative vaccines have been developed, manufactured and deployed depending on variant of COVID-19. As situation warrants for the exploration of a successful antiviral, there should be a search for the remedies in nature medicine. Medicinal plants and their metabolites have long been used as a treatment option for various life-threatening diseases with minimal side effects. Thus this review aims to summarize previous outcomes concerning the role of medicinal plants in treating several life-threatening diseases for the potential medicinal plants used in the case of COVID-19 treatment. Some of these includes Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn.), Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.), Garlic (Allium sativum L.), and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). These are important traditional herbal medicines to cure many complicated health ailments. However, further extensive researches and trials are suggested to discover the role of medicinal plants for management of the pandemic. Moreover, the use of potential medicinal plants for specific variant of COVID-19 and others life-threatening diseases has to be investigated.