Liver fibrosis occurs due to liver injuries and toxins. Silymarin (SMR) extracted by the milk
thistle seeds, is widely used such as herbal drug for its hepatoprotective properties. The …

BACKGROUND: Liver fibrosis is chronic liver damage usually caused by alcohol, viruses or
other toxins and is characterised by an excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix …

Background Popularity of herbal remedies is increasing day by day despite the presence of
synthetic drugs to treat the Liver Diseases owing to the adverse effects and high cost of …

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of sylimarin supplementation on different
biochemical parameters in thioacetamide induced cirrhotic rats. For this purpose 24 male …

Silymarin is obtained from the seeds of Silybum marianum (milk thistle), an edible plant that
has been used medicinally from ancient times for the treatment of various liver disorders. It is …

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of rutin (RTN) in
comparison to silymarin (SLM) against acetaminophen (APAP)-induced hepatotoxicity in …

Silymarin has been introduced fairly recently as a hepatoprotective agent. But its
mechanisms of action still have not been well established. The aim of this study was to make …

Liver regulates many important metabolic functions, so the hepatic injury was associated
with distortion of these functions (Wolf, 1999). Liver considered as the key organ of …

The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is considered to be a major factor in
oxidative cell injury. The antioxidant activity or the inhibition of the generation of free radicals …

Comparative ameliorative activity of polyherbal formulation (Livina) against a well-
established hepatoprotective drug Silymarin was assessed against Diclofenac induced …