Antiviral Phytocompounds: A Methodical Review of Therapeutic Efficiency Against SARS-Like Human Coronaviruses

Abstract

China caused SARS with an estimated 8,098 reported cases [4]. Again in 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) caused by another SARS-like coronavirus belonging to the order Nidovirales took 858 lives as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) [5]. Recently the emergence of a highly infectious beta-coronavirus, the SARS coronavirus 2 or