Pomegranate: A miracle fruit against COVID-19
Ramanjeet Kaur, Lubna Aslam, Nisha Kapoor and Ritu Mahajan*
School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu-180016 (India) *Author for correspondence email address: ritufeb@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 is the one of the most fatal pandemics caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with highest morbidity as well as mortality while development of antiviral drugs is the greatest challenge faced by the scientists and pharmaceutical companies. Due to health emergency declared by World Health Organisation (WHO), the only option was to use the existing antiviral or anti-malarial drugsfor controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection.Usingethnomedicinal information and anti-viral potential, several natural plant products are being tested for their efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 activity. In this review, we summarise various reports that highlights the significant role of pomegranate against SARS-CoV-2. The bioactive metabolites in pomegranate are the promising candidatesthat have potential to develop novel and effective therapeutics against SARSCoV- 2.