Department of Pharmacology., Faculty of Medicine, Thi Qar Univ., Thi Qar, Iraq.
Received on 04 January 2026; revised on 13 February 2026; accepted on 16 February 2026
Several phytochemicals exhibited high level of antiviral activity. Medicinal plant possessed antiviral activity via many mechanisms included inhibition of viral replication, inhibition of the assembly of intracellular infectious virus particles, inhibition of viral infectivity, inhibition of RNA polymerase, DNA polymerase, viral neuraminidase, protease, reverse transcriptase and viral protein expression and many other mechanisms. Many natural products showed potent anti- herpes activity. The current research reviewed the medicinal with anti-herpes effect to encourage further research for development of future anti-herpes remedies.
Medicinal plants; Antiviral; Anti-herpes; Pharmacology
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Ali Esmail Al-Snafi. Medicinal plants with anti-herpes viruses activity: A review. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2026, 34(2), 202-215. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2026.34.2.0060