A Survey of Therapeutic Effects of Artemisia capillaris in Liver Diseases

Artemisia capillaris has been recognized as an herb with therapeutic efficacy in liver diseases and widely used as an alternative therapy in Asia. Numerous studies have reported the antisteatotic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, antiviral, antifibrotic, and antitumor activities of A. cap...

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Published inEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors Inn, Kyung-Soo, Lee, Kyung-Tae, Kim, Bum Joon, Jang, Eungyeong, Lee, Jang-Hoon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2015
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Antioxidants
Apoptosis
Cholesterol
Constituents
Enzymes
Free radicals
Gallbladder diseases
Hepatitis
Hyperglycemia
Lipids
Liver cancer
Liver cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Medical research
Oxidative stress
Pharmaceutical sciences
Pharmaceuticals
Review
Rodents
Studies
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Summary:Artemisia capillaris has been recognized as an herb with therapeutic efficacy in liver diseases and widely used as an alternative therapy in Asia. Numerous studies have reported the antisteatotic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, antiviral, antifibrotic, and antitumor activities of A. capillaris. These reports support its therapeutic potential in various liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, several properties of its various constituents, which provide clues to the underlying mechanisms of its therapeutic effects, have been studied. This review describes the scientific evidence supporting the therapeutic potential of A. capillaris and its constituents in various liver diseases.
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Academic Editor: Yibin Feng
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2015/728137