Abstract

The global market for medicinal plants and herbs is on the increase due to their desirability, efficacy, and less adverse effects as complementary and alternative medications to the orthodox pharmaceuticals, perhaps due to their natural components and qualities. Metabolic syndromes are managed with changes in diet, exercise, lifestyle modifications and the use of pharmacological agents. Plants are now known to have potent antioxidant and cholinergic activities which are relevant to the management of several metabolic syndromes, which are unfortunately, co-morbidity factors in the coronavirus disease crisis. This review will focus on the biological activities of some plant products used as complementary and alternative medicines in the management of metabolic syndromes, and on their reported antiviral, antithrombotic, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory properties, which are integral to their usage in the management of viral infections and may give an avenue for prophylactic and therapeutics especially in the absence of vaccines/formulated antiviral therapies.

摘要

药用植物和草药的全球市场正在不断增长，因为它们作为传统药物的补充和替代药物具有理想性、功效和较少的副作用，这可能是由于它们的天然成分和品质。代谢综合征可以通过改变饮食、锻炼、改变生活方式和使用药物来控制。现在已知植物具有有效的抗氧化和胆碱能活性，这些活性与多种代谢综合征的管理相关，不幸的是，这些代谢综合征是冠状病毒疾病危机中的共病因素。本综述将重点关注一些在代谢综合征管理中用作补充和替代药物的植物产品的生物活性，以及​​它们报道的抗病毒、抗血栓、血管紧张素转换酶抑制特性，这些特性对于它们在代谢综合征管理中的使用是不可或缺的。病毒感染，并可能提供预防和治疗的途径，特别是在缺乏疫苗/配制的抗病毒疗法的情况下。