Abstract

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS AS HEPATOPROTECTIVE AGENTS: A REVIEW

Payal Mittal*, Nitish Garg, Nitin Kesari and Shivam Gautam

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Abstract

There are various medicinal plants which are traditionally used for their medicinal properties. Specific part of a plant is used to treat different types of disease and infections that targets the particular organ of human body. Hepatoprotective properties of some medicinal plants are known treat the liver diseases and maintains the increased biochemical levels that induce toxic effects to the liver. Different chemical constituents present in the plants plays crucial role in reducing the toxicity induced by the chemicals. Formulations of the hepatoprotective plants are available in different dosage forms that are administered with safe concentration of dose value up to which they show no signs of toxicity. Liver toxicity majorly affects the adjacent or distant cells, tissues and organs which reduces the overall functioning of the body that is why it is necessary to treat the hepatic diseases. In addition to hepatoprotective properties, these medicinal plants are also widely used for other properties such as anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-tumour, anti-microbial, antibacterial, anti-oxidation, anti-helminthic, free radical scavenging etc.

Keywords: Liver, Hepato-protective activity, Hepato-toxicity, Chemical constituents, formulations, Dose extracts, Safe concentration, Medicinal plants.