Medicinal plants are of great value with in the field of treatment and cure of liver diseases. Herbal drugs have become progressively popular and their use is extensively distributed. Herbal drugs are more widely used than allopathic drugs as hepatoprotectives because they are inexpensive, have better cultural acceptability, better compatibility, with the human body and minimal side effects. Clinically it was proven that herbal drugs have profound utility in the treating liver ailments. An oversized variety of plants are claimed to own hepatoprotective activity. Nearly 169 phytoconstituents from 108 plants have been reported as having liver protecting activity. The present review discuss on the different types of herbal (natural) drugs utilized in the liver treatment.
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