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ReviewThe Science of the total environment2021

Emerging paradigms of viral diseases and paramount role of natural resources as antiviral agents.

R Sagaya Jansi, Ameer Khusro, Paul Agastian, Ahmed Alfarhan, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Mariadhas Valan Arasu, Rajakrishnan Rajagopal, Damia Barcelo, Amal Al-Tamimi

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Review in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

R Sagaya JansiDepartment of Bioinformatics, Stella Maris College, Chennai, India.
Ameer KhusroDepartment of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, Chennai, India.
Paul AgastianDepartment of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, Chennai, India. Electronic address: agastian@loyoloacollege.edu.
Ahmed AlfarhanDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: alfarhan@ksu.edu.sa.
Naif Abdullah Al-DhabiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mariadhas Valan ArasuDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rajakrishnan RajagopalDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Damia BarceloDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Water and Soil Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, JORDI GIRONA 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
Amal Al-TamimiEcology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAInstitute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research · ESPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the current scenario, the increasing prevalence of diverse microbial infections as well as emergence and re-emergence of viral epidemics with high morbidity and mortality rates are major public health threat. Despite the persistent production of antiviral drugs and vaccines in the global market, viruses still remain as one of the leading causes of deadly human diseases. Effective control of viral diseases, particularly Zika virus disease, Nipah virus disease, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Coronavirus disease, Herpes simplex virus infection, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and Ebola virus disease remain promising goal amidst the mutating viral strains. Current trends in the development of antiviral drugs focus solely on testing novel drugs or repurposing drugs against potential targets of the viruses. Compared to synthetic drugs, medicines from natural resources offer less side-effect to humans and are often cost-effective in the productivity approaches. This review intends not only to emphasize on the major viral disease outbreaks in the past few decades and but also explores the potentialities of natural substances as antiviral traits to combat viral pathogens. Here, we spotlighted a comprehensive overview of antiviral components present in varied natural sources, including plants, fungi, and microorganisms in order to identify potent antiviral agents for developing alternative therapy in future.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsEpidemicsVirus DiseasesZika VirusZika Virus InfectionDisease OutbreaksHumansNatural ResourcesAntiviral AgentsAlternative therapyAntiviralEthno medicineNatural sourcesViral diseases

Identifiers

PMID33234268
PMCPMC7833357
OpenAlexW3096093686

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