Saponins: Research Progress and Their Potential Role in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era.

ABSTRACT: In the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, the new global situation and the limited therapeutic management of the disease make it necessary to take urgent measures in more effective therapies and drug development in order to counteract the negative global impacts caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its new infectious variants. In this context, plant-derived saponins-glycoside-type compounds constituted from a triterpene or steroidal aglycone and one or more sugar residues-may offer fewer side effects and promising beneficial pharmacological activities. This can then be used for the development of potential therapeutic agents against COVID-19, either as a therapy or as a complement to conventional pharmacological strategies for the treatment of the disease and

SUBMITTER: Mieres-Castro D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9964560 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature