Croton urucurana Baill. Ameliorates Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Rats

Background: Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects a quarter of the worldwide population, but no drug therapies have yet been developed. Croton urucurana Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) is a medicinal species, that is, widely distributed in Brazil. It is used in popular medicine to treat ga...

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Main Authors: Pablo Alvarez Auth, Gustavo Ratti da Silva, Eduarda Carolina Amaral, Victor Fajardo Bortoli, Mariana Inocencio Manzano, Lauro Mera de Souza, Evellyn Claudia Wietzikoski Lovato, João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes, Arquimedes Gasparotto Junior, Francislaine Aparecida dos Reis Lívero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.886122/full