The medicinal plants for Covid-19 treatments: an integrative literature review

Diurieny Vieitas; Moacir Monteiro Neto; Valéria Silva; Janaina Santos; Silvana da silva; Raquel Amaral; Thais dos Santos

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss12.4032

Authors

Diurieny Vieitas Mestranda da univerdade Federal do Amapá https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0838-0768
Moacir Monteiro Neto Universidade Federal do Amapá Curso de Medicina
Valéria Silva
Janaina Santos Universidade Federal do Amapá
Silvana da silva Universidade Federal do Amapá
Raquel Amaral
Thais dos Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss12.4032

Keywords:

Medicinal Plants, COVID-19, Treatment

Abstract

It’s well know that the use of medicinal plants for treatment of diseases are tradicional practice and sterted at the beginning of medicine and the knowledge the went through generation to generation. Goal: Analyze studies about the use of medicinal palnts to treatment and prevantion for COVID-19 inside the national and internacional scientific journals in the last three years. Method: It’s an integrative literature review which analyzed the quantitatives data. The Virtual Library Health was used for research during the months of Octuber to November. Results:About the mean question was found just fews studies that could answer this research goals, 8 (0,65%) researchs show that the use of medicinal palnts need be more explore for achieved a better understament. Coclusion: the data collect show that some plants like Turmeric working a positive way for treating symptoms of COVID-19, also was found another kinds of plants, we have the exemplo of the maoto as a pre-exposure treatment measure for the virus. So medicinal plants have the potential to be used as a treatment for COVID-19 but we need more research about the properties of these plants.

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Author Biographies

Moacir Monteiro Neto, Universidade Federal do Amapá Curso de Medicina

Possui graduação em Biomedicina pela Universidade de Franca (2003), mestrado em Ciências pela Universidade de Franca (2005) e doutorado em Ciências pela Universidade de Franca (2012). Professor efetivo da Universidade Federal do Amapá Curso de Medicina.
Valéria Silva

Prefeitura de Tailandia
Janaina Santos, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Enfermeira Graduada pela Faculdade de Macapá - FAMA, especialista em Obstetrícia pelo Centro Universitário UNINTER e mestranda no curso de Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Federal do Amapá-UNIFAP
Silvana da silva, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Possui graduação em Enfermagem e obstetrícia pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (1990), graduação em Direito pelo Centro de Ensino Superior do Amapá (2018), Mestrado em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2000) e Doutorado em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (2014). Atualmente é professor Associado I da Universidade Federal do Amapá.

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