Nutritional and Herbal Interventions for Liver Health: A Comprehensive Review
Keywords:
Fibrosis, herbal remedies, alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases, plants, silymarinAbstract
The bodies primary organ for metabolic and detoxifying processes is the liver. As a result, its illnesses can be linked to exogenous insults like medications, xenobiotics, or alcohol as well as metabolic problems like insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes, or dyslipidemia . In fact, the main strategies for preventing and treating liver illnesses are lifestyle modifications. Based on its anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and antioxidant properties, herbal remedies have also been employed for therapeutic and preventive purposes since ancient times. In vitro and in vivo research, as well as clinical trials, were included in the examination of the literature for possible therapeutic effects of plants and their components. The indications and posology of particular plants need to be defined by multi-center, randomized clinical trials, even though the data now available suggests some beneficial activities of herbal remedies on the liver.