A Review on Medicinal Importance of Crucial Herbal Products

Abstract

Most herbal products are the chief source of medicinal compounds that are known to exhibit various therapeutic properties. Many researchers have ensured the efficacy of traditional medicines at large. The evolving nature of the viruses cause major barriers in the fundamental blockage for illness, instead viruses show complexion which refers to genetic change which lead to accumulate during their lifespan. The immense works have been carried out for the probable best medications to deal with it. For decades, synthetic organic compounds have played a tremendous role in today's medications; however the possibilities for their adverse effects are scaring the human life. The perception to use herbal remedies as complementary vogue can reduce toxicities, has a minimum amount of side effects and can be easily available from nature. The identification of natural products as medicinal drugs is of critical importance and is an excellent source of protease inhibitor. In this review, we focused mainly on the herbal products that give a wide range of anti-viral, anti-cancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties which can be used in medications instead of synthetic once. Keywords: Natural products, Herbal medications, Anti-cancer properties, Anti-viral properties, Anti-microbial properties, Antioxidant properties.I. INTRODUCTION Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani had been evolved and used from last 2-3 millennia in the Indian subcontinent and traditional Chinese medicine, having unique understanding of physiology, pathogenesis, pharmacology and pharmaceuticals which are diverse from western biomedicines [1] . According to WHO, there is no sufficient data on efficacy and safety of traditional medicine due to which there is a wide range of research being carried out to make TM as commercial use [2,3] . It was found that many natural products which are evaluated gives good anti-viral properties against Coronavirus, Coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Enterovirus 71, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis virus, Herpes simplex virus, Human immunodeficiency virus, Influenza virus, Measles virus and Respiratory syncytial virus [4] . The evidence for the presence of antiretroviral activity, anti-malarial activity and broad spectrum of anticytoadhesion activity in azadirachta indica leaf extract lead to complete medication without adverse side effects [5] . Azadirachta indica seed oil and its active components have been displayed several pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory, antiarthritic, antipyretic, hypoglycemic, diuretic, spermicidal, antifungal, antibacterial, anti gastric ulcer, antiviral and anti psoriasis activities [6,7] . Anti-viral and multipotent role of curcumin would be useful against new emerging viruses like bacteria and fungi as well as its synergistic effects like an antioxidant potential, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumoral activity had made it a wonder drug [8] . Curcuminoids are the promising natural compound with a large variety of therapeutic properties [9] . Zika (ZIKV) and Chikungunya (CHIKV) virus lost infectivi...