Medicinal Plants for Viral Respiratory Diseases: A Systematic Review on Persian Medicine

Mahdie Hajimonfarednejad; Mohadeseh Ostovar; Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab; Mohammad Ali Shariati; Muthu Thiruvengadam; Mohammad Javad Raee; Mohammad Hashem Hashempur

doi:10.1155/2023/1928310

Medicinal Plants for Viral Respiratory Diseases: A Systematic Review on Persian Medicine

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2023 Feb 10:2023:1928310. doi: 10.1155/2023/1928310. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Mahdie Hajimonfarednejad^{1

2}, Mohadeseh Ostovar², Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab³, Mohammad Ali Shariati^{4

5}, Muthu Thiruvengadam⁶, Mohammad Javad Raee⁷, Mohammad Hashem Hashempur⁸

Affiliations

¹ Infertility Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Department of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
³ Pharmacology Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
⁴ K. G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73 Zemlyanoy Val, Moscow 109004, Russia.
⁵ Kazakh Research Institute of Processing and Food Industry, Semey Branch of the Institute, 238«G» Gagarin Ave., Almaty 050060, Kazakhstan.
⁶ Department of Crop Science, College of Sanghuh Life Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
⁸ Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: Many medicinal plants have been introduced in Persian medicine references for various respiratory disorders. Considering the growing interest in herbal medicines, this review aimed to introduce medicinal herbs recommended by Persian Medicine (PM) references for respiratory diseases and to discuss their activity against respiratory viruses.

Methods: The medicinal plants recommended for respiratory disorders were extracted from the main PM textbooks. Subsequently, their activity against respiratory viruses was systematically investigated via queries of scientific databases.

Results: Searching PM references for medicinal plants used in the management of respiratory disorders yielded 45 results. Of them, 18 possess antiviral activity against respiratory viruses. There were 29 in vitro studies (including studies on human cell lines) and 5 in vivo studies.

Conclusion: This research demonstrated that many of the medicinal plants mentioned for the respiratory diseases in PM have considerable activity against respiratory viruses. However, human studies regarding the reported medicinal plants are scarce.