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Editorial
. 2025 Jul 24:16:1655921.
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1655921. eCollection 2025.

Editorial: Natural remedies repositioned: advancing drug discovery for infectious diseases

John Ogbaji Igoli  1 , Fidele Ntie-Kang  2 , Godwin Unekwuojo Ebiloma  3 , Norzila Ismail  4 , Bamidele Joseph Okoli  5
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Editorial: Natural remedies repositioned: advancing drug discovery for infectious diseases

John Ogbaji Igoli et al. Front Pharmacol. .
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Keywords: COVID-19; antifungal; antiviral; drug discovery; immunomodulatory; medicinal plants; traditional medicine.

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