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Review
. 2022 Sep 15:9:944842.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.944842. eCollection 2022.

Camel milk protectiveness toward multiple liver disorders: A review

Khunsha Shakeel  1 , Roshina Rabail  1 , Iahtisham-Ul-Haq  2 , Sabrina Sehar  1 , Asad Nawaz  3 , Muhammad Faisal Manzoor  4 , Noman Walayat  5 , Claudia Terezia Socol  6 , Cristina Maria Maerescu  6 , Rana Muhammad Aadil  1
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Review

Camel milk protectiveness toward multiple liver disorders: A review

Khunsha Shakeel et al. Front Nutr. .

Abstract

Camel milk is known as the white gold of the desert because it contains within it a variety of nutrients which play a key role in the human diet. The health benefits of camel milk have been described for a variety of diseases such as diabetes, kidney disease, hepatitis, etc. including improved overall survival. A major health burden worldwide is liver diseases, and the ninth leading cause of death in Western countries is due to liver cirrhosis. Treatment is mostly ineffective for cirrhosis, fatty liver, and chronic hepatitis which are the most common diseases of the liver; furthermore current treatments carry the risk of side effects, and are often extremely expensive, particularly in the developing world. A systematic review of studies was performed to determine the association of consumption of camel milk on multiple diseases of the liver. The impact of camel milk on the laboratory tests related to the liver disorders, viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were evaluated. The consumption of camel milk was accompanied by modulation of the values of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase in persons who are at risk of liver disease. In the patients with chronic liver disease, it was observed that they have low rates of mortality and low chances of progression to cirrhosis when they consume camel milk. Therefore, in patients with liver diseases, the addition of camel milk to their normal daily diet plan should be encouraged. In this review, camel milk's impact on the different kinds of liver diseases or any disorder associated with liver functioning was evaluated. Camel milk has a therapeutic as well as a preventive role in the maintenance and improving the metabolic regulations of the body.

Keywords: camel milk; cirrhosis; hepatitis; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver disorders; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Effect of camel milk in combination with drug treatment.
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Figure 2
Effect of camel milk on liver carcinoma.
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Figure 3
Effect of camel milk on alcoholic liver disease.
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