Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Hydrangeae dulcis folium suppresses liver injury in rats
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 1st, 2004
"Hydrangeae dulcis folium, the fermented and dried leaves of Hydrangea macrophylla SER. var. thunbergii MAKINO, suppressed D-galactosamine-induced liver injury by 85.2% when added to the diet at 1% and fed to rats for fifteen days," investigators in Japan report.
"The hepatoprotective effect is more potent than that of a milk thistle extract and turmeric powder," R. Nakagiri and colleagues, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd, Tsukuba Research Laboratories indicated.
"Some fractionated extracts showed hepatoprotective activity in the D-galactosamine-induced in vitro liver...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2004-03-01)
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