PLANTS USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE FOR VIRAL RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS

Abstract

In our country, acute respiratory infections are the main cause of death in elder people and 5 years old children. In this context, the traditional pharmacotherapy is one of the alternatives for prevention and treatment of viral diseases. The subject of this review in show the results founded in specialized literature about species with therapeutic use that are able to treat viral respiratory conditions, their symptoms and their secondary metabolism content. Between February and May of 2020 trough bibliographic research in specialized literature, a list of medical plants with antiviral properties was made and at the same time phytochemical data has been researching draw on primary and secondary information in online databases. The result was a list of 122 medical plants with scientist name, common name, habit, traditional use and which part of the plant was used. Only 96 show secondary metabolism information and 26 species are used without phytochemical content verification. Other results are: 59 species have flavonoids, 29 have terpenes, 30 have tannins, 32 have phenols and 27 have alkaloids. In fact, we have promising antiviral species that need to be validated showing their benefits