Scope of herbal disinfectants to fight against SARS-CoV2 virus

Globally, COVID-19 outbreak is a major social issue in the current trend. SARS-CoV2 is a novel coronavirus causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in human and it is spreading rapidly among human population. In order to prevent SARS-CoV2 infection and managing this corona disease, WHO formula based alcoholic hand sanitisers are being widely used as one of the primary preventive agent and the demand is increasing worldwide. Herbal extracts and/or their phytochemicals have been considered as natural sources for formulating herbal hand sanitizers as alternative to alcoholic products. In this correspondence, we have described about the probable mechanistic action of herbal bioactives to fight against COVID-19 virus. Understanding of mechanistic action of bioactives could be useful to formulate herbal hand sanitizers and the products have high demand in the global sanitizer market.

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The global COVID-19 outbreak is a major social issue, with WHO-recommended alcoholic hand sanitisers in high demand as a primary preventive agent. Herbal hand sanitizers, considered as alternatives to alcoholic products, are increasingly popular. Understanding the mechanistic action of herbal bioactives could aid in formulating effective herbal hand sanitizers that are in high demand in the global market.