Metabolic, antioxidant, nutraceutical, probiotic, and herbal therapies relating to the management of hepatobiliary disorders.
Many nutraceuticals, conditionally essential nutrients, and botanical extracts have been proposed as useful in the management of liver disease. The most studied of these are addressed in terms of proposed mechanisms of action, benefits, hazards, and safe dosing recommendations allowed by current information. While this is an area of soft science, it is important to keep an open and tolerant mind, considering that many major treatment discoveries were in fact serendipitous accidents.
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Sharon A
SA
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. sac6@cornell.edu
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000662:veterinary*; D058870:Food, Organic; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods
D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts