Abstract

Medicinal plants and natural compounds were used to treat a variety of infectious diseases. Many of the plants and natural compounds is a good source for drug discovery of infectious diseases. Among several other diseases are viral infections, as Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and (HIV-2), herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2), hepatitis and newly emerging infectious viruses as COVID-19. A great number of medicinal plants and natural compounds have a significant effect for viral infections, and some compounds showed broad-spectrum antiviral effect. This review article showed potential antiviral effects of medicinal plants and natural compounds against several groups of viruses

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