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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Current Pharmaceutical Design</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Current Pharmaceutical Design</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Current Pharmaceutical Design</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1381-6128</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">1873-4286</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Bentham Science</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">645921</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2174/0113816128320161240703092622</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading"><subject>Immunology, Inflammation &amp;amp; Allergy</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Role of Natural Products against the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 by Inhibition of ACE-2 Receptor: A Review</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sharma</surname><given-names>Krishana</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Devi</surname><given-names>Shoma</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Dharmendra</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ali</surname><given-names>Zeeshan</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Fatma</surname><given-names>Nishat</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Misra</surname><given-names>Raghvendra</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Gajendra</given-names></name><email>info@benthamscience.net</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><institution>Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, TeerthaTeerthanker Mahaveer University</institution></aff><aff id="aff2"><institution>Department of Zoology, Krishna College of Science &amp; Information Technology</institution></aff><aff id="aff3"><institution>Science Branch, Deendayal Upadhyay Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India</institution></aff><aff id="aff4"><institution>Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University</institution></aff><aff id="aff5"><institution>Department of Chemistry, Constituent Government College, MJP Rohilkhand University</institution></aff><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-08-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>08</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>32</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>2562</fpage><lpage>2573</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-01-11"><day>11</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Bentham Science Publishers</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bentham Science Publishers</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/1381-6128/article/view/645921">https://journals.eco-vector.com/1381-6128/article/view/645921</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>A unique extreme acute breathing syndrome emerged in China and spread rapidly globally due to a newly diagnosed human coronavirus and declared a pandemic. COVID-19 was formally named by WHO, and the Global Committee on Taxonomy referred to it as extreme Acute respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Currently there is no efficient method to control the extent of SARS-CoV-2 other than social distancing and hygiene activities. This study aims to present a simple medicinal strategy for combating fatal viral diseases like COVID-19 with minimum effort and intervention. Different Ayurveda medicines (Curcuma longa, green tea, and Piper nigrum) inhibit virus entrance and pathogen transmission while also enhancing immunity. Piperine (1-piperoylpiperidine), as well as curcumin, combine to create an intermolecular complex (π- π) that improves curcumin bioavailability by inhibiting glucuronidation of curcumin in the liver. The receptor- binding domains of the S-protein and also the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor of the recipient organism are directly occupied by curcumin and catechin, respectively, thereby preventing viruses from entering the cell. As a result, the infection will be tolerated by the animal host.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>2019-nCoV</kwd><kwd>curcumin</kwd><kwd>catechin</kwd><kwd>1-piperoylpiperidine</kwd><kwd>inhibitors</kwd><kwd>ACE-2</kwd><kwd>TMPRSS2.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Cyranoski D. Profile of a scientists are quickly piecing together how the new coronavirus operates, where it came from and what it might do next-but pressing questions remain. Nature 2020; 581: 22-6. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01315-7 PMID: 32367025</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Dong L, Hu S, Gao J. Discovering drugs to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). 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