Abstract

A REVIEW ON HEPATOPROTECTIVE HERBAL MEDICINAL PLANTS

*Ranjeet singh kushwah, Naveen Sharma, Love s. chokotia, Pranav vashistha

ShriRam college of pharmacy,Banmore Morena(M.P.) India.

ABSTRACT

Liver injury is major health problems about more than 900 drugs implicated in case of liver injury. Hepatotoxicity is caused by the alcoholic consumption, toxic substances and certain drugs which produce injury to liver such as-carbon tetra chloride, Thioacetamide, high doses of Paracetamol, anti-tubercular drugs, chemotherapeutic agents and some of organic and inorganic compounds etc. World health organization estimate that 80% of total population used herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care without any side effects. In the case of liver disease or severe liver damage, most of the liver cells destroy Most of the hepatotoxic chemicals damage liver cells mainly by inducing lipid peroxidation and other oxidative damages in liver or turn into fibrotic state. Some hepatoprotective herbal medicines prevent liver injury caused by hepatotoxicity. More herbal therapy to treat various liver disorders .The Present review is aimed at compiling data on different medicinal plants that have been tested in hepatotoxicity models using modern scientific system.

Keywords: Hepatotoxicity, Hepatoprotective, Liver, Medicinal plants.