Asian Journal
Of Traditional Medicines

Abstract: Liver diseases are among the most serious ailment and can be classified as acute or chronic hepatitis (inflammatory liver disease), hepatosis (non inflammatory diseases) and cirrhosis (degeneration disorders resulting in fibrosis of the liver). Beside expensive and ineffectual modern therapeutic agents like steroids and chemotherapy, south east Asian countries like India and China have an edge in treating hepatic disorders by means of their native botanicals. No doubt, the botanicals need to follow proper standardization and quality control modus operandi before their therapeutic usage in human ailments but the applicability in this regard has shown exceptional success. This review is focused on important botanicals standardized for chemical markers, which have shown promising results as hepatoptotective agents

Key words: hepatoprotective, ISM, botanicals