COVID-19 Infection : Targeting Possibilities for Treatment

The outbreak of novel coronavirus (nCoV) or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has posed an international public health emergency worldwide and forced people to be confined in their homes. This virus is of high-risk category and is declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The worldwide researchers and various health professionals are working together to determine the best way to stop its spread or halt this virus's spread and circumvent this pandemic condition threatening millions of human lives. The absence of definitive treatment is possible to explore to reduce virus infection and enhance patient recovery. Along with off-label medicines, plasma therapy, vaccines, the researchers exploit the various plants/herbs and their constituents to effectively treat nCoV infection. The present study aimed to present brief and most informative salient features of the numerous facts regarding the SARS-CoV-2, including the structure, genomic sequence, recent mutation, targeting possibility, and various hurdles in research progress, and off-labeled drugs, convalescent plasma therapy, vaccine and plants/herbs for the treatment of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Results showed that off-labeled drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, dexamethasone, tocilizumab, antiviral drug (remdesivir, favipiravir), etc., give positive results and approved for use or approved for restricted use in some countries like India. Future research should focus on these possibilities that may allow the development of an effective treatment for COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Critical reviews in therapeutic drug carrier systems - 38(2021), 3 vom: 16., Seite 75-115

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haider, Tanweer [VerfasserIn]
Gour, Vishal [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Vikas [VerfasserIn]
Kanwar, Indu Lata [VerfasserIn]
Tiwari, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Vishwakarma, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Bakshi, Avijit Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Sarkar, Arkadeep [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Ravishankar [VerfasserIn]
Soni, Sakshi [VerfasserIn]
Soni, Vandana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ACE2 protein, human
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19 Vaccines
EC 3.4.17.23
Journal Article
Plant Extracts
Review
Viral Structural Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 19.08.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1615/CritRevTherDrugCarrierSyst.2021035392

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328924091