title: Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review.
abstract: Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) is considered a serious public health menace worldwide, as there is no specific, safe, and efficacious therapeutic management of arsenicosis.
  
  
  
  To collate the studies on medicinal plants and natural products with arsenic toxicity ameliorative effect, active pre-clinically and/or clinically.
  
  
  
  Literature survey was carried out by using Google, Scholar Google and Pub-Med. Only the scientific journal articles found on the internet for last two decades were considered. Minerals and semi-synthetic or synthetic analogs of natural products were excluded.
  
  
  
  Literature study revealed that 34 medicinal plants and 14 natural products exhibited significant protection from arsenic toxicity, mostly in preclinical trials and a few in clinical studies.
  
  
  
  This research could lead to development of a potentially useful agent in clinical management of arsenicosis in humans.
authors.affiliation: a West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Ltd , Salt Lake City, Kolkata , West Bengal , India.
authors.forename: Sanjib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D010936:Plant Extracts
keywords: Arsenicosis; antioxidant; ascorbic acid; clinical; curcumin