Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Liver diseases have become a major problem in the world. They generally cause about 2 million deaths per year worldwide. Euphorbia is the sixth largest genus among flowering plants, and the largest genus in Euphorbiaceae, with about 2160 species. Some Euphorbia species have been documented for many health problems such as intestinal parasites, migraines, gonorrhea, skin disease, warts, wound healing, respiratory diseases, inflammation, indigestion, and liver diseases. With reports on the rise of liver diseases and several published reports on plant extracts with hepatoprotective effect, this review presents data on Euphorbia species that have been scientifically evaluated as hepatoprotective using known experimental models. Since the hepatoprotective effect of these species is mostly through their antioxidant activity, the total contents of Euphorbia species of phenolics and flavonoids- the main compounds responsible for antioxidant activity- were also reviewed in this review.
Authors: Joujeh, Ruba, Joujeh, Dima
Institution: University of Aleppo
Language: English
Subfield: Organic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7217599239