Phytochemical and Biological Evaluation of Certain Traditional Hepatoprotective Plants

Abstract

Recently, Areas which attracted a great deal of attention are the hepaoprotective drugs used in folk medicine. Plants are a rich source of bioactive chemical classes, which may serve as a substitute to currently consumed synthetic hepatoprotective drugs. This is the reason behind the attempts for screening plants in order to find some economical sources of antioxidants which can be included in the pharmaceutical preparation. C. intybus, Linn belonging to family Asteraceae and C. tora, Linn belonging to family Leguminosae are the two selected plants chosen for their reported hepaoprotective activities. C. intybus, L. is commonly known as Kasani, Hinduba, Kasni and C. tora L. is commonly known as sickle senna, sickle pod, tora, coffee pod, tovara, chakvad and foetid cassia.