Plant Based Hepatoprotective Medicine and Supplements: An Intrinsic Review

By : Irani Biswas

Page No: 390-400

Abstract
The liver is a vital organ that performs a variety of metabolic tasks, including protein synthesis, detoxification and creation of biochemicals required for digestion. Liver damage can result from alcohol intake, viral hepatitis, certain drugs, pollutants etc. A hepatoprotective medicine is a drug or substance that promotes liver regeneration and helps shield the liver from damage. This paper provides a brief review of the traditional herbal hepatoprotective medicines and supplements and also gives an account of transfer of this knowledge into modern pharmaceutical industry. Plant based hepatoprotective medications include liquorice root (glycyrrhizin), turmeric (curcumin), milk thistle (silymarin), ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), N-acetylcysteine (NAC), vitamin E, Liv.52 (an Ayurvedic herbal formulation), and Schisandra chinensis (Chinese magnolia vine). Hepatoprotective medications or dietary supplements protect the liver through antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory effects, and liver cell regeneration. The market potential of hepatoprotective medicines and supplements exhibits a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 6 per cent over for the upcoming five years. The future potential of new active principles was also discussed.

Author
Irani Biswas: Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, M.U.C. Women’s College, West Bengal, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2025.41.03.4