Phytochemicals of Withania somnifera as a Future Promising Drug against SARS-CoV-2: Pharmacological Role, Molecular Mechanism, Molecular Docking Evaluation, and Efficient Delivery

• Main Authors: Suaidah Ramli, Yuan Seng Wu, Kalaivani Batumalaie, Rhanye Mac Guad, Ker Woon Choy, Ashok Kumar, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Md. Moklesur Rahman Sarker, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Mahendran Sekar, Neeraj Kumar Fuloria, Shivkanya Fuloria, Suresh V. Chinni, Gobinath Ramachawolran
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2023
• Subjects: RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health; RS160-167 Pharmacognosy. Pharmaceutical substances (Plant, animal, and inorganic)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36298/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36298/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36298/; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11041000

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has killed millions of people since first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Intriguingly, Withania somnifera (WS) has shown promising antiviral effects against numerous viral infections, including SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, which are contributed by its phytoche...