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Title: | Chronic liver diseases |
Other Titles: | Influence of nutrients, bioactive compounds, and plant extracts in liver diseases |
Authors: | Blundell, Renald Azzopardi, Joseph Ignatius |
Keywords: | Liver -- Diseases Chronic diseases Cholangitis, Sclerosing Bioactive compounds |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Academic Press |
Citation: | Blundell, R., & Azzopardi, J. I. (2021). Chronic liver diseases. In: S. M. Alavian, S. M. Nabavi, S. F. Nabavi, & A. F. Silva, Influence of nutrients, bioactive compounds, and plant extracts in liver diseases (pp. 129-139). Cambridge: Academic press. |
Abstract: | Chronic liver disease is an umbrella term that encompasses a spectrum of diseases that affect the liver for at least a period of 6 months. Examples of this include primary sclerosing cholangitis, hepatic steatosis, and biliary cirrhosis. Unfortunately, the medical treatment for most of these diseases is either ineffective or simply nonexistent. As a result, there is high interest in finding chemical entities, including naturally occurring ones such as extracts from the milk thistle and the bioactive compound (+)-catechin, that can serve as a lead to the creation of a more effective treatment for such diseases. Furthermore, it has long been recognized that patients with a chronic liver disease are at a higher risk of malnutrition and therefore an appropriate nutritional regime is of utmost importance in improving the prognosis of this group of patients. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/82905 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPB |
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