Liver fibrosis due to viral or metabolic chronic liver diseases is a major challenge of global
health. Correlating with liver disease progression, fibrosis is a key factor for liver disease …

Nowadays, medicinal herbs and their phytochemicals have emerged as a great therapeutic
option for many disorders. However, poor bioavailability and selectivity might limit their …

Milk thistle (MT; Silybum marianum), a member of the Asteraceae family, is a therapeutic
herb with a 2,000‐year history of use. MT fruits contain a mixture of flavonolignans …

Since the publication of the guidelines for the assessment and management of non alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by the Asia–Pacific Working Party on NAFLD in 2007, 1 our …

Silymarin is the extract of Silybum marianum, or milk thistle, and its major active compound
is silybin, which has a remarkable biological effect. It is used in different liver disorders …

Liver cancer most commonly develops in patients with chronic liver disease, the etiology of
which includes viral hepatitis (B and C), alcohol, obesity, dietary carcinogens, and so forth …

Silymarin (SM), an extract from the Silybum marianum (milk thistle) plant containing various
flavonolignans (with silybin being the major one), has received a tremendous amount of …

Medicinal plants are considered the reservoir of diverse therapeutic agents and have been
traditionally employed worldwide to heal various ailments for several decades. Silymarin is a …

Significance: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by liver triacylglycerol
build-up, has been growing in the global world in concert with the raised prevalence of …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease and
represents the hepatic expression of several metabolic abnormalities of high epidemiologic …