A systematic review on phytochemicals for the treatment of dengue

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Dengue fever is prevalent in subtopic regions, producing mortality and morbidity worldwide, which have been of major concern to different governments and World Health Organization. The search of new anti-dengue agents from phytochemicals was assumed to be highly emergent in past. The phytochemicals have been used in wide distribution of vector ailments such as malaria. The demand of the phytochemicals is based on the medicines which are mostly considered to be safer, less harmful than synthetic drugs and nontoxic. This review mentions majorly about the phytochemicals potentially inhibiting dengue fever around the world. The phytochemicals have been isolated from different species, have potential for the treatment of dengue. Different crude extracts and essential oils obtained from different species showed a broad activity against different phytochemicals. The current studies showed that natural products represent a rich source of medicines toward the dengue fever. Furthermore, ethnobotanical surveys and laboratory investigation established identified natural plants species in the development of drug discovery to control the dengue fever.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Phytotherapy research : PTR - 35(2021), 4 vom: 30. Apr., Seite 1782-1816

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ali, Faraat [VerfasserIn]
Chorsiya, Anushma [VerfasserIn]
Anjum, Varisha [VerfasserIn]
Khasimbi, Shaik [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Asad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Crude extracts
Dengue fever
Essential oils
Journal Article
Natural products
Phytochemicals
Plant Extracts
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 30.04.2021

Date Revised 30.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ptr.6917

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316868396