Natural Agents Against Liver Death
Ghoneim, Asser
Liver is crucial to health and life. Liver cell death is a cardinal feature of almost every prevalent liver disease. Ethanol-induced cell death by necrosis and/or apoptosis is a valid model to test for hepatoprotective agents. Potential approaches include amino acids and phytochemicals. The pharmacologic effects of glycine (Gly), cysteine, N-acetylcysteine, Astragalus spinosus and Astragalus boeticus (A. boeticus) were investigated on hepatocy...