LEAD PHYTOMOLECULES FOR HEPATOPROTECTIVE DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Plants are the precious gift of nature to mankind and play a major role in the treatment of various diseased conditions from the ancient times. Functional bioactive compounds of plant origin have been an invaluable source for many human therapeutic drugs and have played a major role in the treatment of diseases around the world. Natural products or their derivatives have led to many existing drugs, offering a chemically diverse space for discovery of hepatoprotective compounds. In order to represent the studies on chemical diversity of phytomolecules with hepatoprotective activity, this review is complied. This review captures a number of isolated phytomolecules having hepatoprotective potential. Phytomolecules as lead compounds for new drug discovery will boost up the researchers to work on it and find effective molecules for the treatment of liver injuries.