They injected rats fed virgin coconut oil (VCO) for 10 days with MTX and compared the results of livers from rats injected with MTX without VCO protection and determined there are ``... antioxidant and hepatoprotective [liver protective] effects of VCO supplementation
against hepatotoxicity and oxidative damage via improving antioxidant defense system in rats.»
[10] In animal studies, it has been found to protect
against arsenic poisoning, [11] and, in both animal and in vitro studies, ALA reduced cadmium - induced
hepatotoxicity.