Medicinal plants and isolated molecules demonstrating immunomodulation activity as potential alternative therapies for viral diseases including COVID-19

HA Alhazmi, A Najmi, SA Javed, S Sultana… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plants have been extensively studied since ancient times and numerous important chemical
constituents with tremendous therapeutic potential are identified. Attacks of microorganisms …

Plant-derived nutraceuticals and immune system modulation: an evidence-based overview

A Di Sotto, A Vitalone, S Di Giacomo - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Immunomodulators are agents able to affect the immune system, by boosting the immune
defences to improve the body reaction against infectious or exogenous injuries, or …

Plants and Plant‐Derived Molecules as Natural Immunomodulators

M Zebeaman, MG Tadesse, RK Bachheti… - BioMed research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Nowadays, the immunomodulatory properties of plants have been studied
extensively with greater interest due to increasing awareness and combating the severity of …

Artificial neural network modelling of the antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds of bananas submitted to different drying treatments

RPF Guiné, MJ Barroca, FJ Gonçalves, M Alves… - Food Chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Bananas (cv. Musa nana and Musa cavendishii) fresh and dried by hot air at 50 and 70° C
and lyophilisation were analysed for phenolic contents and antioxidant activity. All samples …

An Updated Review on Efficiency of Penthorum chinense Pursh in Traditional Uses, Toxicology, and Clinical Trials

F Nabi, J Ahmed, W Tao, Q Lu… - BioMed Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) play an important role in the control and treatment of
several animal diseases. Penthorum chinense Pursh (PCP) is a famous plant for its use in …

West African medicinal plants and their constituent compounds as treatments for viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

TD Popoola, PA Segun, E Ekuadzi, RA Dickson… - DARU Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives The recent emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic (caused by SARS-CoV-2) and
the experience of its unprecedented alarming toll on humanity have shone a fresh spotlight …

Phytoimmunomodulators: a review of natural modulators for complex immune system

P Hooda, R Malik, S Bhatia, A Al-Harrasi, A Najmi… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In the past few decades, the medicinal properties of plants and their effects on the human
immune system are being studied extensively. Plants are an incredible source of traditional …

Cordycepin sensitizes cholangiocarcinoma cells to be killed by natural killer-92 (NK-92) cells

S Panwong, M Wathikthinnakon, T Kaewkod… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Immunotherapy harnessing immune functions is a promising strategy for cancer treatment.
Tumor sensitization is one approach to enhance tumor cell susceptibility to immune cell …

A comprehensive review of Tripterygium wilfordii hook. f. in the treatment of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases: Bioactive compounds, mechanisms of action, and …

Y Shan, J Zhao, K Wei, P Jiang, L Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatic and autoimmune diseases are a group of immune system-related disorders
wherein the immune system mistakenly attacks and damages the body's tissues and organs …

The effect of phytocompounds of medicinal plants on coronavirus (2019-NCOV) infection

A Zrig - Pharmaceutical chemistry journal, 2022 - Springer
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infection and it
can spread from animal to person, person to person through coughing or physical contact …