They have revealed that the plant - derived bioflavonoid quercetin, which is made use of by many people as a nutritional supplement, reduces
the production of the hepatitis C virus without any cell toxicity.
Not exact matches
A chemical tag on the RNA
of the
hepatitis C virus called N6 - methyladenosine (m6A) has been found to slow the
production of new viruses.
Dandelion roots and leaves can help improve liver health, especially in the case
of hepatitis C. Taraxin, the active compound in dandelion, is a choleretic, which means that it stimulates bile
production by the liver.
Down in the small intestine, the stimulation caused by the bitter taste prompts your liver to increase its
production of bile, and your gallbladder to increase bile excretion.2, 3,11 Bile is necessary for fat digestion and the absorption
of fat - soluble nutrients such as vitamins A, D and E. 12 Healthy bile flow helps rid the liver
of waste products such as oxidized cholesterol and hormonal metabolites, prevents gall stone formation, and provides lubrication
of the intestines, easing the passage
of stool.4, 12 It should not be surprising that by enhancing movement
of waste products out
of the liver, bitter herbs have been found to exert a protective effect in liver conditions such as
hepatitis and cirrhosis.2
Hepatitis C is the type
of viral
hepatitis which often leads to liver diseases, affecting the normal function
of the liver, including bile
production.
Newborn puppies synthesize their own even when the colostrum and bitch milk have elevated vitamin C levels, and relatively large doses
of the vitamin sometimes have little effect on either the
production rate
of self - synthesized serum ascorbate or on the course
of certain diseases such as HOD,
hepatitis, kennel cough, etc..