Review Article
Abdelraouf A Moustafa, Samira
Abstract
Moringa peregrina belongs to family Moringaceae that have only one genus called Moringa. This genus has only thirteen species from tropical and subtropical environments. Moringa oleifera and M. peregrina are the most dominant species between them. This review aimed to conclude and investigate the chemical composition, medicinal uses in folk medicine, traditional knowledge usage and how could these ingredients raise up the human immunity for human against COVID-19. The question addressed here, if the known requirements for avoiding infection and curing from corona disease became very well as a medicinal protocols for defense and curing form such disease (e.g. group of known vitamins, analgesic and protective materials), so could we use the Moringa peregrina as a natural drug as a medical treatment for corona sick people and for protection from catching the infection? Based on our previous studies and collected literatures we found that Moringa leaves and seeds have sufficient amounts of Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Calcium and Potassium. Meantime, historically and recently M. peregrina has wide range of traditional, nutritional, industrial, and medicinal values. It is used in folk medicine for many human health care purposes such as fever, muscle pain, and asthma and these symptoms are mainly symptoms for sick people of COVID-19. Different recent studies proved that it can be used for other diseases such as diabetes, wound healing, disinfectant, constipation, slimness, burns, labor pain, hypertension, malaria, stomach disorder, skin problems. It has been recorded also that Moringa peregrina characterized by its many pharmacological activities such as anti-microbial, antispasmodic, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, lowering lipid activity, anti-cancer, antioxidant and memory disorders. Its chemical analysis results revealed the presence of active group of compounds such as flavonoid, isothiocyanate, phytosterol, triterpenoid, glycoside and polyphenol. Based on these chemical findings and its historical review in the folk medicinal we recommend using seeds and leaves of M. peregrina as natural drug for COVID-19.