Review Article
Plants Consumption and Liver Health
Table 1
Simple grouping of antioxidants for liver health.
| Group | Name | Characteristics | Effective in liver disease |
| Enzymatic | Catalase | Very common antioxidant | Alcoholic liver disease | Superoxide dismutase | Both endo- and exogenous | Chronic liver injury | Peroxidases | Neutralizing hepatotoxins | Hepatotoxicity |
| Nonenzymatic | Reduced glutathione | Neutralizing hepatotoxins | Hepatotoxicity | Melatonin | Power very strong, versatile | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | Ebselen | Glutathione peroxidase analog | Alcoholic liver disease | Vitamin C | Cofactor in enzyme reactions | Viral hepatitis, cirrhosis | Vitamin A | Enhancing immunity | Cirrhosis, steatohepatitis | Vitamin E | Richest in flaxseed oil | Hepatitis B, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | 4-Hydroxynonenal | Cell signal transduction | Alcoholic liver disease | Malondialdehyde | Potentially mutagenic | Acute liver cell injury |
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