Hepatotoxicity: A comprehensive review

Authors : Narinder Singh, Narinder Singh, Ajeet Pal SIngh, Ajeet Pal SIngh, Amar Pal Singh, Amar Pal Singh

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijcaap.2020.033

Volume : 5

Issue : 4

Year : 2020

Page No : 167-169

Liver is the primary site of digestion for drugs and different exogenous mixes. As most medications are taken orally the liver is the entrance to the tissues for such mixes following ingestion from the gastrointestinal tract. The biggest organ in the body is being advanced to keep up the body’s inward milieu and furthermore shield itself from the difficulties it faces during its working. It is a fundamental organ having different capacities. It assumes a significant job in the digestion, combination and capacity yet
additionally in the detoxification of numerous endogenous and exogenous mixes and changing them over to less harmful substances for excretion. Hepatotoxicity suggests substance driven liver harm. Medication induced liver injury is a reason for intense and constant liver sickness. The liver assumes a focal part in changing and clearing synthetic compounds and is helpless to the harmfulness from these specialists. Other chemicals or natural chemicals agents (e.g., microcystins) and herbal remediescan also induce hepatotoxicity.

Keywords: Drug induced Liver Injury, Mechanism, Types, Diseases & its symptom, Therapeutic agents.


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