Giloy: a potential anti-COVID-19 herb with propitious pharmacological attributes: a short review

Abstract

Plant-based medicine actually restores the balance in the body instead of treating the source of the disease. The strain of coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) going to be more serious due to the lack of a reliable treatment option. Holistic treatment for this disease is in the form of Ayurveda as traditional medicine. As the infection of coronavirus is spreading like a wildfire, so the one way to fight is ‘immunity’. Building immunity is the only way to stay safe and healthy and prepared themselves for the ongoing pandemic. In the current scenario, good immunity safeguard us from disease progression and prevention from this deadly virus. Giloy herb came into the limelight after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to its immunomodulatory and antiviral activity. The genome sequencing of Giloy is proved to be a breakthrough for controlling the COVID-19.

Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma

KEYWORD:

• Giloy
• COVID-19
• immunity booster
• natural inhibitor

Acknowledgement

The author is thankful to the Department of Chemistry, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun (UK) India for providing the support to carry out this work.

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