Covid-19 ile mücadelede bitkilerin olası rolü.

With the Covid-19 pandemic that started in Wuhan province of China towards the end of 2019 and spread rapidly, many people around the world lost their lives. Existing crisis has led researchers to find solutions quickly and studies on different research topics have been initiated. The treatment methods used during the SARS and MERS epidemics were insufficient in treatment of patients, and different resources have been sought in order to develop a fully effective protocols. Plants, one of these sources, can be used in vaccine production through different biotechnological ways, and secondary metabolites of plants can also be evaluated for therapeutic purposes. It has been shown that plants have been used in the treatment of various viral diseases in previous epidemics and that they can offer a safe, fast and effective solution. The use of plants as bioreactors for the production of vaccine and antiviral proteins is an inexpensive technique that allows mass production. Plants are regarded as effective means of combating viruses with the antiviral effect of their secondary metabolites. In this review, after giving general information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes a massive health crisis all over the world, information about vaccine production methods in viral epidemics, vaccines which obtained from plants, potential use of edible vaccines as Covid-19 vaccine and roles of antiviral effects of plant secondary metabolites in the control of the epidemic are summarized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]