Definition of "hepatoprotective" [hepatoprotective]

• Preventing damage to the liver. (adjective)
• Any drug that prevents damage to the liver. (noun)

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• "In fact there seems to be growing interest in it because it can be readily cultivated and seems to offer the possibility as a source of new drugs with anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, hepatoprotective, and anti-cancer applications."
• "Also like guggul, boswellia has been found to be antihyperlipidemic and antiatherosclerotic, and it has hepatoprotective properties against hepatitis."
• "However, bibliographical research has shown that pyrogallol has a hepatoprotective activity which is observable when the same amount of doses are used as those showing antibacterial effect."