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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and Africa: Acclaimed home remedies.
Review in Scientific African, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Plant-Derived Food Grade Substances (PDFGS) Active Against Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review of Non-clinical Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Garlic-Derived Phytochemical Candidates Predicted to Disrupt SARS-CoV-2 RBD-ACE2 Binding and Inhibit Viral Entry.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The perceptions and reactions to COVID-19 among offspring of African immigrants and young adults who migrated to the U.S․.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Identification of Natural Compounds as Potential COVID-19 Main Protease (Mpro) Inhibitors: A Comprehensive Study andCurrent pharmaceutical design · 2025Review
- Network pharmacology, molecular docking, and dynamics analyses to predict the antiviral activity of ginger constituents against coronavirus infection.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Challenges associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related self-quarantine in Ghana: lessons for future self-quarantine interventions.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
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- Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Herbal supplements as treatment options for COVID-19: A call for clinical development of herbal supplements for emerging and re-emerging viral threats in Sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific African · 2023Article
- Plant Extracts and SARS-CoV-2: Research and Applications.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Use of antimicrobials during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study among stakeholders in Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Use of home remedies for the treatment and prevention of coronavirus disease: An integrative review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Segmentation of African countries based on infection and death rates of COVID-19 before vaccination: A rigid population to source for workforce amidst the pandemic?Scientific African · 2022Article
- Anti-COVID-19 potential ofScientific African · 2022Review
- Understanding determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy; an emphasis on the role of religious affiliation and individual's reliance on traditional remedy.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Role of medicinal plants in inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 and in the management of post-COVID-19 complications.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2022Article
- Complementary and alternative medicines use in COVID-19: A global perspective on practice, policy and research.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2022Article
- Herbal medicine used for the treatment of diarrhea and cough in Kampala city, Uganda.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 pandemic experiences of students from BAME and White ethnic groups pursuing higher education in the UK: A qualitative comparative exploration.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
At last the WHO declared the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) now known as COVID-19 a pandemic. Amidst uncertainty both in the pathophysiology and the management of COVID-19, many African countries in the face of either over-stretched or non-existent healthcare infrastructure resorted to home remedies as immediate alternative or first line of action. The present study is a synoptic capture of these home remedies with an attempt to understand the pharmacological basis on which these choices are predicated. Literature was compiled from google, social media, Radio and Television commentaries and news with stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria. Natural spices (turmeric, ginger, garlic etc.) and leaves (neem, paw, guava, etc.) with notable antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties were found to be beneficial. These home remedies may hold promise in the prophylaxis and cure of COVID-19 infection.
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