Potential anti-influenza effective plants used in Turkish folk medicine: A review

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 265; no. NA; p. 113319
• Main Author: Sargin, Seyid Ahmet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 30.01.2021
• Subjects: active ingredients; Anti-influenza; Antimalarial; antimalarials; Antiviral; Antiviral Agents - pharmacology; avian influenza; Betacoronavirus; Centaurea; chlorogenic acid; Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; Ethnopharmacology - methods; Eucalyptus; flora; Humans; Influenza, Human - drug therapy; inventories; mechanism of action; Medicine, Traditional - methods; Melissa officinalis; Mentha piperita; Middle East; Olea europaea; Origanum vulgare; pandemic; Pandemics; Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal - classification; Pneumonia, Viral - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; quercetin; Rosa canina; Sambucus nigra; SARS-CoV-2; screening; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; swine influenza; traditional medicine; Traditional treatment; Turkey; Turkey (country); Turkey; Middle East; Turkey (country); COVID-19; Antimalarial; Antiviral; Anti-influenza; Turkey; Traditional treatment

Due to the outbreaks such as SARS, bird flu and swine flu, which we frequently encounter in our century, we need fast solutions with no side effects today more than ever. Due to having vast ethnomedical experience and the richest flora (34% endemic) of Europe and the Middle East, Turkey has a high p...