Abstract

ORE ARECHE, Franklin; RUIZ RODRIGUEZ, Alfonso; TICSIHUA HUAMAN, Jovencio  and  CORILLA FLORES, Denis Dante. Piper aduncum L. (matico) used as a treatment for lung damage and Covid-19. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.4, n.12, pp.100-115. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v4i12.111.

The main objective was to know the antimicrobial properties of Piper aduncum L. (matico) for the prevention treatment of Covid-19. The essential oil, like the extracts of the leaves and the bark, are very valuable as a healing agent, antibacterial and antifungal. In this way, the flavonoid components present in the essential oil of Piper aduncum L. (matico) fortify the connectivity of the tissues by inhibiting some of the enzymes that can hydrolyze the proteoglycan and the protein mesh, which could increase the effect antibacterial by hindering the spread of the infection to the tissue, its antibacterial activity against Staphylococus aureus and Echerichia coli; As a result, secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, phenolic compounds, steroids and alkaloids have antibacterial action. The Piper aduncum L. (matico) plant is a good healing and antifungal agent. It is being marketed as a pharmaceutical gel product. The conclusion that the essential oil of Piper aduncum L. (matico) does not help prevent, much less eliminate the new coronavirus and its chemical composition of the matico only helps prevent some of the symptoms of Covid 19.

Keywords : Covid-19; Piper aduncum L.; enzyme; healing; inhibition.

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