Medicinal plants in the protection and treatment of liver diseases

Hepatic dysfunction is globally a major health catastrophe that challenges the health care professionals. The existing synthetic drugs to treat liver diseases have not given much pronounced outcomes. So, conventional herbal plants have become progressively more popular and their utilization is more...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Saleem, Faiza Naseer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bangladesh Pharmacological Society 2014-10-01
Series:Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJP/article/view/20648
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Summary:Hepatic dysfunction is globally a major health catastrophe that challenges the health care professionals. The existing synthetic drugs to treat liver diseases have not given much pronounced outcomes. So, conventional herbal plants have become progressively more popular and their utilization is more prevalent. The current review is assemblage of few promising medicinal plants used in the protection and treatment of various liver diseases. Extracts of plants ground significant alteration in liver marker enzymes against diverse hepatotoxic agents.
ISSN:1991-0088