Ginseng, a promising choice for SARS-COV-2: A mini review

Zubair Ahmed Ratan; Fazla Rabbi Mashrur; Nusrat Jahan Runa; Ki Woong Kwon; Hassan Hosseinzadeh; Jae Youl Cho

Journal of Ginseng Research (Mar 2022)

Ginseng, a promising choice for SARS-COV-2: A mini review

Zubair Ahmed Ratan,
Fazla Rabbi Mashrur,
Nusrat Jahan Runa,
Ki Woong Kwon,
Hassan Hosseinzadeh,
Jae Youl Cho

Affiliations

Zubair Ahmed Ratan: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh; School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Fazla Rabbi Mashrur: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh
Nusrat Jahan Runa: Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Ki Woong Kwon: Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Hassan Hosseinzadeh: School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Jae Youl Cho: Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea; Department of Biocosmetics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea; Research Institute of Biomolecule Control and Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU, Suwon, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author. Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 46, no. 2
pp. 183 – 187

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The current Covid-19 pandemic has changed the entire world and bought so many unprecedented challenges to the scientific community. More than 5 million people died due to the SARS-COV-2 outbreak. For many thousands of years, ginseng, the traditional herb has been used for various infectious diseases by traditional healers. Ginseng showed promising antiviral effects by modulating both natural and acquired immunity. Ginseng might be used as a potential therapeutic agent to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection along with the vaccine. In this current review, we offer an alternative approach for SARS-COV-2 prevention during this unprecedented pandemic.

Published in Journal of Ginseng Research

ISSN: 1226-8453 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Botany
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-ginseng-research/

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