ACTIVITATEA ANTIVIRALĂ A UNOR PLANTE IERBOASE DIN FLORA SPONTANĂ A REPUBLICII MOLDOVA, UTILIZATE ÎN PREVENIREA ȘI TRATAMENTUL BOLILOR RESPIRATORII, ÎN CONTEXTUL COVID-19

Ana BÎRSAN, Aurelia CRIVOI, Iurie BACALOV, Maria FRUNZĂ, Silvia STRATULAT1, Vera SALI2, Drăgălina BÎRSAN3 Universitatea de Stat din Moldova 1Universitatea de Stat de Medicină şi Farmacie „Nicolae Testemiţanu” 2Spitalul Clinic Republican „Timofei Moșneaga” 3Spitalul Clinic Favoriten, Viena (Austria)

Abstract

THE ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF SOME HERBACEOUS PLANTS OF THE SPONTANEOUS FLORA OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA USED IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19

On the basis of the analysed topic the specialised literature available in the MSU library and in the NCBI, MedPUB, Google scholar databases was selected. The analysis of specialised sources was carried out starting from the main medi-cinal plants used in the treatment of respiratory diseases: Althaea officinalis L., Inula helenium L., Leonurus cardiaca L., Malva sylvestris L., Marrubium vulgare L., Origanum vulgare L., Plantago major L., Primula veris L., Silybum marianum- L., Thymus vulgaris L., Tussilago farfara L., Verbascum thapsus L. The results of the study allowed the identifycation of me-dicinal plants with antiviral activity and/or antitussive activity, which could serve as potential sources of prophylaxis/treatment in the case of Covid-19. For all selected plants, scientific evidence was presented with regard to their antiviral activity.

Of all analysed plants, Althaea officinalis, Malva sylvestris, Plantago major, Verbascum thapsus demonstrated antitussive effect in dry cough which indicates on the possibility of using these plants in reducing the symptoms of Covid-19.

Keywords: medicinal plants, respiratory diseases, antiviral activity, SARS CoV-2, Covid-19.