id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-353509-yfkiaq80 Nugraha, Rhea Veda Traditional Herbal Medicine Candidates as Complementary Treatments for COVID-19: A Review of Their Mechanisms, Pros and Cons 2020-10-10 .txt text/plain 7433 413 48 This review discusses some herbal agents extracted from various plants, including Echinacea, Cinchona, Curcuma longa, and Curcuma xanthorrhiza, which are considered for the treatment of COVID-19. e single cause of this highly communicable disease is a novel coronavirus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the seventh known virus of the Coronaviridae family capable of infecting humans [2] . Studies that describe the relation of some herbal drugs with the molecular mechanisms of COVID-19 infection, treatment, and prevention remain to be explained. in their systematic review about convalescent plasma transfusion (CPT) for the treatment of COVID-19 suggested that CPT could be an effective therapeutic option with promising evidence on safety, improvement of clinical symptoms, and reduced mortality, in addition to antiviral/antimicrobial drugs. A clinical trial study is needed to confirm the effect of using curcumin as a preventive agent against COVID-19. ./cache/cord-353509-yfkiaq80.txt ./txt/cord-353509-yfkiaq80.txt