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| Title: | Herbs as liver savers- A review |
| Authors: | Chaudhary, G D
Kamboj, P
Singh, I
Kalia, A N |
| Keywords: | Antioxidant
Herbs
Hepatoprotective
Hepatotoxic
Liver disorders
Serum transaminases |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8—A61K 36/00, A61P 1/16 |
| Abstract: | Herbal
medicines are in great demand in the developed world for primary health care
due their efficacy, safety and lesser side effects. Recently, considerable
attention has been paid to utilize eco-friendly and bio-friendly plant-based
products. The current availability of high-tech methods allows researchers to
optimize the effectiveness, standardization and clinical testing of these herbs
to meet international standards. A wide group of medicinal plants and
preparations had been used over centuries almost exclusively as antimicrobial, cytotoxic,
antidiabetic, antiinflammatory, etc. In addition, numerous plants and polyherbal formulations are used in
treatment of liver related disorders. However, for developing satisfactory
herbal combinations to treat liver diseases plants needs to be evaluated
systematically for its potency as antiviral, antihepatotoxicity, antioxidants,
stimulation of hepatocytes regeneration and choleretic activity. Development
and scientific
studies have validated such herbal medicines or combinations confirming the biological efficacy and safety which
revitalize treatment of liver disorders. The present review is systematically conducted to overview the plants like Andrographis paniculata Nees., Eclipta
alba Hassk., Lawsonia
alba Lam., Picrorhiza
kurroa Royle ex Benth., and Silybum marianum Linn., proved as hepatoprotective
and used as the
ingredients of liver protection drugs in the last few decades. Nevertheless, much additional
work is needed to open up new biomedical application of these plants. |
| Page(s): | 397-408 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.1(4) [December 2010]
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