Plants Consumption and Liver Health

The liver is a very important organ with a lot of functions for the host to survive. Dietary components are essential for and can be beneficial or detrimental to the healthy or diseased liver. Plants food is an essential part of the human diet and comprises various compounds which are closely relate...

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Published in:Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-10
Main Authors: Guan, Yong Song, He, Qing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antioxidants
Citrus
Citrus fruits
Consumption
Crop diseases
Crops
Flowers & plants
Food
Food processing plants
Free radicals
Fruits
Health
Herbal medicine
Herbs
Liver cancer
Liver cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Medicine, Botanic
Medicine, Herbal
Metabolism
Oxidative stress
Review
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Summary:The liver is a very important organ with a lot of functions for the host to survive. Dietary components are essential for and can be beneficial or detrimental to the healthy or diseased liver. Plants food is an essential part of the human diet and comprises various compounds which are closely related to liver health. Selected food plants can provide nutritional and medicinal support for liver disease. At the present, the knowledge of the effects of plants on the liver is still incomplete. The most urgent task at the present time is to find the best dietary and medicinal plants for liver health in an endless list of candidates. This review article updates the knowledge about the effects of plants consumption on the health of the liver, putting particular emphasis on the potential beneficial and harmful impact of dietary and medicinal plants on liver function.
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2015/824185