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. 2017 Dec;55(1):349-354.
doi: 10.1080/13880209.2016.1235207.

Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review

Sanjib Bhattacharya  1
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Medicinal plants and natural products in amelioration of arsenic toxicity: a short review

Sanjib Bhattacharya. Pharm Biol. 2017 Dec.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Pharm Biol. 2017 Dec;55(1):847. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2017.1284400. Pharm Biol. 2017. PMID: 28140739 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Context: Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) is considered a serious public health menace worldwide, as there is no specific, safe, and efficacious therapeutic management of arsenicosis.

Objectives: To collate the studies on medicinal plants and natural products with arsenic toxicity ameliorative effect, active pre-clinically and/or clinically.

Methods: Literature survey was carried out by using Google, Scholar Google and Pub-Med. Only the scientific journal articles found on the internet for last two decades were considered. Minerals and semi-synthetic or synthetic analogs of natural products were excluded.

Results: Literature study revealed that 34 medicinal plants and 14 natural products exhibited significant protection from arsenic toxicity, mostly in preclinical trials and a few in clinical studies.

Conclusion: This research could lead to development of a potentially useful agent in clinical management of arsenicosis in humans.

Keywords: Arsenicosis; antioxidant; ascorbic acid; clinical; curcumin.

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