Investigating the mechanism behind hepatoprotective activity of Livafit

Abstract

Indian traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha etc were ancient and were originated before 3000 years. They had been effective in treating diseases using herbs nad natural products. They incorporated potent medicines of natural origin and created formulations that were significantly effective compared to synthetic drugs. They had been some game changers and drugs of choice in specific diseases like hepatitis, jaundice and few other renal and heart related diseases. But the major issue with the herbal formulations here being the lack of activity of very drastic changes in the activity which doesn’t correlate with the invitro results when used invivo. This might be due to various reasons few may be corresponding to the Pharmacodynamics of the human body. Doctor’s Herbal solutions was a Govt approved company which makes herbal formulations and had developed good quality of herbal products to treat a wide spectrum of diseases. All the products of the company are AYUSH approved and one of those products is LIVAFIT. They claim that the product is used to treat conditions like hepatic cirrhosis, jaundice, alccol induced hepatic damage etc. The doctor’s LIVAFIT was investigated for the antioxidant activity in vivo and the results showed that the anti-oxidant activity was responsible for the hepatoprotective activity. The formulation also replaced and normalized the enzyme levels.