Liver Detox Complex

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Liver Detox Complex has the following benefits:

  • Promotes liver health
  • Provides antioxidant protection
  • Offers “detoxification” benefits

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Liver Detox Complex has the following benefits:

  • Promotes liver health
  • Provides antioxidant protection
  • Offers “detoxification” benefits

 

Liver Health Background and Application

The liver has been referred to as the body’s refinery. It absorbs, metabolizes, and neutralizes all of the environmental pollutants, toxins, and nutrients our body takes in. Its other functions include storing carbohydrates and managing fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism.

 

Milk Thistle

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) is an herb native to the Mediterranean, but is now harvested globally. The active component Silymarin repairs liver cells damaged from drug or alcohol ingestion. In addition, it prevents other liver cells from damage by blocking toxins at the membrane level, functions as an antioxidant, and may contain anti-inflammatory activity1.

 

Burdock Root

Burdock (Arctium lappa) is a common weed that has been traditionally used for “cleansing” functions. It naturally contains plant sterols, oils, and tannins. Herbalists use it to treat inflammatory and skin conditions2. Research shows a clear dose-dependant effect of burdock extract on liver enzymes serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) levels in animals3. Abnormal liver histology was also reduced, likely due to its antioxidant properties3. Another study showed hepatotoxicity induced by ethanol and carbon tetrachloride could be alleviated with Burdock4.

 

L-methionine

L-methionine is a sulfur-containing essential amino acid and precursor to protein synthesis and SAMe. It may reduce toxic effects of acetaminophen and methotrexate on the liver. It may also possess antioxidant activity5 and controls hepatocyte growth and death response, although liver damage results in SAMe deficiency. Chronic hepatic SAMe depletion “may lead to malignant transformation6”. In one study, rat hepatocyte cultures demonstrated that SAMe had hepatoprotective effects7.

 

Fennel Seed

Fennel seed has been approved by the German Commission E monograph for dyspeptic complaints including peptic discomfort, and mild spastic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. It has been shown to raise the mucociliary activity of ciliary epithelium3. Ciliary assist the flow of contents in the body.

 

Our Product & Dosage

Liver Detox Complex provides 400 mg of Burdock root, 400 mg of Fennel seed, 350 mg of Milk Thistle extract (standardized to contain 80% silymarins), and natural liver-specific herbs such as Artichoke leaf and Aloe vera, plus L-methionine.

 

Specifications

Product Name:       Liver Detox Complex

Label Claim:           Supports Liver Health

How Supplied:        Vegetarian elongated capsule

Product Code:          VL440

 

References

  1. Milk Thistle: Effects on Liver Disease and Cirrhosis and Clinical Adverse Effects. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 21, September 2000. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/milktsum.htm
  2. The University of Maryland Medical Center for Integrative Medicine website: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsHerbs/Burdockch.html viewed August 2006
  3. Physician’s Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines, 2004.
  4. Lin SC, et al. Hepatoprotective effects of Arctium lappa Linne on liver injuries induced by chronic ethanol consumption and potentiated by carbon tetrachloride. J Biomed Sci, 2002 Sept-Oct;9(5):401-409.

5.        Physician’s Desk Reference for Nutritional Supplements, 2001.

  1. Lu SC, et al. Role of methionine adenosyltransferase and S-adenosylmethionine in alcohol-associated liver cancer. Alcohol 2005 Apr;35(3):227-234.
  2. McMillan JM, et al. S-adenosylmethionine but not glutathione protects against galactosamine-induced cytotoxicity in rat heaptocyte cultures.Toxicology, 2006 May 15;222(3):175-184.