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Review Article

Herbal Components for the Treatment of Liver Disorders: Advances and Prospective

Author(s): Tatheer Fatima, Zeashan Hussain*, Devendra Kumar Katiyar and Rishabha Malviya*

Volume 20, Issue 9, 2024

Published on: 26 January, 2024

Page: [1100 - 1111] Pages: 12

DOI: 10.2174/0115734013282941240103065848

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Abstract

The situation is made worse by the absence of detailed treatment plans for liver disease, a dangerous illness. The current liver disease treatments are insufficient, and their long-term usage is prevented by systemic toxicity. Since the toxicity factor seems to be on the lower end of the spectrum, herbal remedies have been utilized for ages to treat liver ailments. This article focuses on providing insight into liver diseases along with the herbal components that are used nowadays for efficiently treating them. The given herbal components glycyrrhizin, quercetin, curcumin, silymarin, and Phyllantus niruri have proven to be efficacious in treating liver diseases with no or bare minimum side effects. The liver diseases discussed in this review article include alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, hemochromatosis as well and auto-immune hepatitis. After summarization, it is concluded that these herbal components are proven to be effective in the treatment of liver diseases, and various research as well as studies have been conducted for the same.

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