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