Amirhossein Behzadi, Sadegh Imani, Niloofar Deravi, Zahra Mohammad Taheri, Fatemeh Mohammadian, Zahra Moraveji, Sepideh Shavysi, Motahareh Mostafaloo, Fateme Soleimani Hadidi, Sepehr Nanbakhsh, Sepehr Olangian-Tehrani, Mohammad Hesam Marabi, Parisa Behshood, Mohadeseh Poudineh, Ali Kheirandish, Kimia Keylani, Pooya Behfarnia
The use of synthetic drugs has increased in recent years; however, herbal medicine is yet more trusted among a huge population worldwide; This could be due to minimal side effects, affordable prices, and traditional beliefs. Lemongrass ( Melissa officinalis ) has been widely used for reducing stress and anxiety, increasing appetite and sleep, reducing pain, healing wounds, and treating poisonous insect bites and bee stings for a long time. Today, research has shown that this plant can also fight viruses including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) through various mechanisms such as inhibiting HSV-1 from binding to host cell, inhibiting HSV-1 replication during the post-adsorption or inhibiting main protease and spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, furthermore, be effective in treating related diseases...
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