industrial chemicals. The treatment of liver disorders is a great challenge and is

complicated due to various adverse effects caused by available medications. There-

fore, to find the effective cure for liver disorders, we have looked back at the

traditional medicinal plants used in folklore medicine. The herbal remedies and

their isolated constituents mentioned in this review have been used traditionally as

well as have been evaluated pharmacologically and found to be clinically effective

against hepatotoxicity. This review throws some light on the hepatoprotection of

drugs and plant-derived remedies. We have done compilation of Indian medicinal

plants and isolated compounds, which have been found to be potent against hepato-

toxicity and have been studied in animal models to discover novel therapies for

treating liver failure disorders in humans.

Acknowledgments The authors are highly thankful to the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, for supporting this study and providing technical facilities

for doing this research work.

Conflict of Interests There is no conflict of interest associated with this publication.

Funding No.

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