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Hepatoprotective activity

07/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Attenuating liver intoxication induced by acetaminophen with extract of Dicranopteris linearis

A Malaysian research team reported on the hepatoprotective activity of a methanolic extract derived from the common fern Dicranopteris linearis. They reported that the extract protected the liver of mice and rats against toxic levels of acetaminophen (APAP). The Universiti Putra Malaysia sponsored the study, whose findings were presented in the scientific journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. […]

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