Burdock is plant in the group of biennial thistles, genus Arctium, belonging to the family Asteraceae, native to the Euro. It has been used over thousand of years in Chins and other traditional herbal medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and a blood purifying agent and to treat wounds and infections stomach ulcers and other digestive problems.
Hepatoprotective effects is defined as a protection of liver against damage caused by vary sources, including virus.
The ingredients
It contains carbonated water, sugar,, manloid colourings, phosphoric acid, citric acid and a
good amount of dietary fiber, calcium, potassium, and amino acids and
chemicals compounds of guaianolide, arctinone, arctinal, methyl
arctate,11-tridecadien-3,5,7,9-tetraynde-hydrocostus
lactone,dehydrodihydrocostus lactone, 3-octenoic acid, 3-hexenoic acid
etc.
The benefits
Actium lappa Linne (burdock) treatments
of liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) in rat could
be alleviated with 1 and 7 days, as the herb exerted its
hepatoprotective effects attribute to its antioxidative activity, which
decreases the oxidative stress of hepatocytes, or to other unknown
protective mechanism(s). The root of Arctium
lappa Linne (A. lappa) in other study also protect the liver cells from
CCl4 or acetaminophen-induced liver damages through its its
antioxidative effect on hepatocytes, hence eliminating the deleterious effects of toxic metabolites from CCl4 or acetaminophen.
The Side effects
1. Overdose can be poisoning and may lead to symptoms of acute poisoning include phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants, and antihistamines.
2. It may cause dermatitis and allergic/inflammatory responses to
certain people with contact as a result of lactones which the plant
produces.
3. Do not use burdock if you are pregnant or breast feeding.
4. Etc.
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References
(1) Hepatoprotective effects of Arctium
lappa Linne on liver injuries induced by chronic ethanol consumption
and potentiated by carbon tetrachloride by Lin SC, Lin CH, Lin CC, Lin
YH, Chen CF, Chen IC, Wang LY.(PubMed)
(2) Hepatoprotective effects of Arctium
lappa on carbon tetrachloride- and acetaminophen-induced liver damage
by Lin SC, Chung TC, Lin CC, Ueng TH, Lin YH, Lin SY, Wang LY.(PubMed)
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