Effects of natural compounds in treatment and prevention of hepatotoxicity and hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract

Liver diseases are most common disorders in the world and characterized by rapid changes from steatosis to chronic hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Natural products that attained great attention is to be used in the prevention and treatment of multiple diseases in humans. Several researches have been reported numerous natural and phytochemical compounds that may counteract or prevent the hepatic injury and primary liver cancer. The conservative treatment of liver toxicity and HCC may face awkward challenges in chemotherapy such as therapeutic failure or drug resistance. Accordingly, there is an actual need for safe and effective therapeutic and preventive modalities for liver disorders. The present review aims to focus on the potential protective and therapeutic effects of natural compounds in prevention and treatment of hepatotoxicity and HCC. It also demonstrates the mechanism of the natural products in enzymatic regulation of antioxidants and its role in apoptosis and proliferation of cancerous lesions of hepatocytes. Accordingly, it highlights the promising role of natural bioactive compounds and provides the rational for further transitional researches, and emphasize on the scientific validation of natural compounds for therapeutic portfolio for clinical use in liver diseases.

Keywords

Antioxidant / hepatocellular carcinoma / hepatotoxicity / liver / natural compounds

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