Recent advances in plant hepatoprotectives: A chemical and biological profile of some important leads

✍ Scribed by Arvind S. Negi; J.K. Kumar; Suaib Luqman; Karuna Shanker; M.M. Gupta; S.P.S. Khanuja

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 314 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0198-6325
• DOI: 10.1002/med.20115

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been traditionally used for treating liver diseases since centuries. Several leads from plant sources have been found as potential hepatoprotective agents with diverse chemical structures. Although, a big list of hepatoprotective phytomolecules was reported in the scientific literature, only a few were potent against various types of liver damages. Of which, silymarin, andrographolide, neoandrographolide, curcumin, picroside, kutkoside, phyllanthin, hypophyllanthin, and glycyrrhizin have largely attracted the scientific community. This review focuses discussion on the chemistry, biological activity, mode of action, toxicity, and future prospects of these leads. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Med Res Rev, 28, No. 5, 746–772, 2008