Nigella sativa L. and COVID-19 : A Glance at The Anti-COVID-19 Chemical Constituents, Clinical Trials, Inventions, and Patent Literature

COVID-19 has had an impact on human quality of life and economics. Scientists have been identifying remedies for its prevention and treatment from all possible sources, including plants. Nigella sativa L. (NS) is an important medicinal plant of Islamic value. This review highlights the anti-COVID-19 potential, clinical trials, inventions, and patent literature related to NS and its major chemical constituents, like thymoquinone. The literature was collected from different databases, including Pubmed, Espacenet, and Patentscope. The literature supports the efficacy of NS, NS oil (NSO), and its chemical constituents against COVID-19. The clinical data imply that NS and NSO can prevent and treat COVID-19 patients with a faster recovery rate. Several inventions comprising NS and NSO have been claimed in patent applications to prevent/treat COVID-19. The patent literature cites NS as an immunomodulator, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, a source of anti-SARS-CoV-2 compounds, and a plant having protective effects on the lungs. The available facts indicate that NS, NSO, and its various compositions have all the attributes to be used as a promising remedy to prevent, manage, and treat COVID-19 among high-risk people as well as for the therapy of COVID-19 patients of all age groups as a monotherapy or a combination therapy. Many compositions of NS in combination with countless medicinal herbs and medicines are still unexplored. Accordingly, the authors foresee a bright scope in developing NS-based anti-COVID-19 composition for clinical use in the future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 27(2022), 9 vom: 25. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Imran, Mohd [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Shah Alam [VerfasserIn]
Abida [VerfasserIn]
Alshammari, Mohammed Kanan [VerfasserIn]
Alkhaldi, Saif M [VerfasserIn]
Alshammari, Fayez Nafea [VerfasserIn]
Kamal, Mehnaz [VerfasserIn]
Alam, Ozair [VerfasserIn]
Asdaq, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin [VerfasserIn]
Alzahrani, A Khuzaim [VerfasserIn]
Jomah, Shahamah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Black seed
COVID-19
Clinical trial
Invention
Journal Article
Nigella sativa L.
Patent
Review
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 19.05.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules27092750

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340890444