Herbal Medicines Used in Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Mini-Review

  • Maryam Nikkhajoei Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Rasool Choopani Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mojgan Tansaz Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Ghazaleh Heydarirad Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Fataneh Hashem-Dabaghian Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran
  • Shamim Sahranavard Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehdi Saberifiroozi Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehdi Pasalar Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v5i3.654
Keywords: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Clinical Trial, Herbal Medicine

Abstract

Botanicals are used traditionally for treatment and prevention of the liver diseases.  In the past decades, the use of herbal remedies for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become more popular. This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of herbal medicines used for the treatment of NAFLD in clinical trials. This research was carried out by searching through the studies done on human beings, which have been reported from 1966 to Feb. 2016 and recorded in Cochrane library, Google Scholar, Pub Med, and Scopus. A number of medicinal herbs have been evaluated in human trials. A scientific evaluation of these manuscripts can give an insight into the ideas of the past: it might well be valuable in finding new data on clinical use of the herbal medicines for the treatment of NAFLD and should lead to future opportunities to investigate their potential medicinal use.

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Published
2016-09-20
How to Cite
Nikkhajoei, M., Choopani, R., Tansaz, M., Heydarirad, G., Hashem-Dabaghian, F., Sahranavard, S., Saberifiroozi, M., & Pasalar, M. (2016). Herbal Medicines Used in Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Mini-Review. Galen Medical Journal, 5(3), 107-13. https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v5i3.654
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Vol. 5 No. 3 (2016): September 2016
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Review Article

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