Antioxidants in liver health
Antioxidants in liver health作者机构:Department of Phar-macology Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics》 (世界胃肠药理与治疗学杂志(英文版)(电子版))
年 卷 期:2015年第6卷第3期
页 面:59-72页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:Antioxidant Oxidative stress Naringenin Quercetin Curcumin Resveratrol Silymarin Coffee Liver diseases
摘 要:Liver diseases are a worldwide medical problem because the liver is the principal detoxifying organ and maintains metabolic homeostasis. The liver metabolizes various compounds that produce free radicals(FR).However, antioxidants scavenge FR and maintain the oxidative/antioxidative balance in the liver. When the liver oxidative/antioxidative balance is disrupted, the state is termed oxidative stress. Oxidative stress leadsto deleterious processes in the liver and produces liver diseases. Therefore, restoring antioxidants is essential to maintain homeostasis. One method of restoring antioxidants is to consume natural compounds with antioxidant capacity. The objective of this review is to provide information pertaining to various antioxidants found in food that have demonstrated utility in improving liver diseases.