ricinus communis linn. (euphorbiaceae) is a soft wooded tree widely prevalent throughout tropics regions of the world which have a warm temperature. in the indian system of medicine, the leaves, roots and seed oil of this plant have been used for the treatment of inflammation and liver disorders for a long time. in the present study, the protective effects of ethanol extract of ricinus communis...

Drugs and some chemical agents are known to induce hepatotoxicity in humans which is of great concern to clinicians. Chemical agents are been screen daily for their hepatoprotective properties. Among these chemical agents is vitamin E which has drawn wide attention due to it reported hepatoprotective property as reported by researchers. This study collected and evaluated reports to ascertain th...

objective: to evaluate the hepatoprotective properties of otostegia persica (o. persica) ethanol extract on carbon tetrachlo­­ride-induced liver damage in rats. materials and methods: fifty adult male wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups. group i served as normal control and was given only olive oil intraperitoneally (i.p.). group ii, iii, iv, and v were administered ccl4 mixed wi...

background: finding protective agents with fewer adverse effects against toxin-induced liver injuries, as a key detoxifier and excreter organ, have always been a concern for researchers. carbon tetra-chloride (ccl4)-induced liver damage has been introduced as an experimental model of liver damage. this study aimed to investigate the protective effect of ethanolic extract of zizyphus vulgaris (z...

Traditional herbal drugs have a great demand in under developed countries due to their efficacy, low cost and lesser adverse effects, and they are considered to be “natural. Aloe vera at the dose of 500 mg body weight per oral was studied for the gross toxicities and hepatoprotective effect and observed the level of liver biochemical parameters in rabbits. Aloe vera showed highly significant (p...

Azadirachta indica had ample therapeutic action since many years. Hepatoprotective effect of methanolic and aqueous extracts of azadirachta indica leaves was evaluated using Male Wistar rats. Result indicate that the plant good potential to act as hepatoprotective agent.

BACKGROUND Liver injury or dysfunction is considered as a serious health problem. The available synthetic drugs to treat liver disorders are expensive and cause further damage. Hence, hepatoprotective effects of some herbal drugs have been investigated, and one of the methods to choose herbs in order to study their biological effects is to search in ancient medical texts. Avicenna who is known ...

Introduction: Paracetamol is a potent hepatotoxin and may cause severe acute hepatocellular injury. The present study was intended to assess the hepatoprotective potential of Caralluma umbellata Haw. (Asclepiadaceae) against paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in vitro and in vivo experimental models. Methods: Preliminary analysis for antioxidant and hepatoprotective property was evaluated for m...