Title:Natural Products Against COVID-19 Inflammation: A Mini-Review
Volume: 25
Issue: 14
Author(s): Simone Mendes Lopes, Herbert Igor Rodrigues de Medeiros, Marcus Tullius Scotti and Luciana Scotti*
Affiliation:
- Postgraduate Program in Natural and Synthetic Bioactive Products (PgPNSB), Health Sciences Center, Federal University
of Paraíba, João Pessoa Pb, Brazil
- Lauro Wanderley University Hospital (HULW), Health Sciences Center,
Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa Pb, Brazil
Keywords:
Virus infection, natural products, molecular modeling database, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 inflammation, antivirals.
Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) is a virus whose genetic
material is positive single-stranded RNA, being responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19), an infection that compromises the lungs and consequently the respiratory capacity of the infected
individual, according to the WHO in November 2021, 249,743,428 cases were confirmed, of
which 5,047,652 individuals died due to complications resulting from the infection caused by SARSCOV-
2. As the infection progresses, the individual may experience loss of smell and taste, as well as
breathing difficulties, severe respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, and death. Due to this new
epidemiological agent in March 2020 it was announced by the director general of the World Health
Organization (WHO) a pandemic status, and with that, many research groups are looking for new therapeutic
alternatives through synthetic and natural bioactives. This research is a literature review of some
in silico studies involving natural products against COVID-19 inflammation published in 2020 and
2021. Work like this presents relevant information to the scientific community, boosting future research
and encouraging the use of natural products for the search for new antivirals against COVID-19.