Infectious diseases are disorders induced by organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites.
Out of trillions of organisms present on the earth, only a few hundreds have been known to cause diseases.
Most infectious diseases are passed from person to person through direct or indirect contact with the infected patient. Others can be transmitted by insects or animals.
However, infectious disease, the most prevalent in third world countries are acquired by ingesting contaminated food or water.
Infectious diseases share the common symptoms of fever, diarrhea, muscle aches, coughing, fatigue similar to those of influenza. Other symptoms are totally depending on the types of organisms including bacteria, and viruses.
A viral infection is a disease caused by the successful entering and multiplying of a virus in the body.
Anti-viral effects are an act of certain substances to cause the destruction of a virus.
In the acute phase of viral infection, depending on the types of viruses, the viruses after entering the body start to attack the specific host cells. The cold and flu virus will attack the cells in the respiratory system and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, will attack the white blood cells of the immune system,
The viral infection has been known to carry over some different stage, after successfully attaching to the host cell, the virus to release its mRNA into the host cell, leading to the recruit of the host cell's enzymes to accelerate the viral multiplying, then breaking free from the host cell to start the cycle all over again.
The most common viral infections are influenza. Influenza, also known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.
There are 3 types of flu influenza: A, B, and C. the influenza virus A and B are considered seasonal flu that causes sniffling, aching, coughing, and running and stuffy nose and fever to over 20% of the general population.
Influenza virus types C tends to cause mild upper respiratory infections, similar to those of cold.
Healthy individuals who have influenza are usually recovered within one week.
However, people with the immature and weakened immune system such as young children under age 5, adults older than age 65 residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, chronic illnesses, such as asthma, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, and diabetes are not only associated with the risk of influenza but also increase the risk of influenza deadly complication.
On finding a natural ingredient for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, scientists examined the antiviral activities and safety of three herbs (Brassica juncea, Forsythia suspensa, and Inula Britannica) used in traditional Korean medicine.
Elecampane, also known as Horse-heal (Inula helenium) is a perennial composite plant, genus nulla, belonging to Asteraceae, native to Southern Europe, and Asia.
The plant has been used in traditional and herbal medicine in treating bronchitis or emphysema, night sweats, pulmonary tuberculosis, irritating cough, catarrhal discharges, etc.
According to tested analysis,
* The number of phytochemical compounds detected via tandem mass analysis of B. juncea, F. suspensa, and I. Britannica was 5 (including sinigrin, m/z [M-H] = 358.02), 14 (including forsythoside A, m/z [M-H] = 623.19), and 18 (including chlorogenic acid, m/z [M-H] = 353.20), respectively.
* The ethanol extract of I. Britannica showed the most effective virus titration decrease, whereas its hemolytic and hepatotoxicity values were the most significantly different compared to the control.
In other words, I. Britannica shows the antiviral effects, particularly but to a lesser extent compared to B. juncea.
Taken altogether, Elecampane may be considered a remedy for the treatment of infectious diseases caused by viruses, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.
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(1) Investigation of Brassica juncea, Forsythia suspensa, and Inula britannica: phytochemical properties, antiviral effects, and safety by Bae WY1, Kim HY1, Choi KS1, Chang KH2, Hong YH2, Eun J2, Lee NK1, Paik HD. (PubMed)
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