Antitoxicity of nutraceuticals
Most of the synthetic drugs possess toxicity properties, and nutraceutical compounds, particularly herbal nutraceuticals have been investigated for their potential in combating the toxic effects of toxins and other medications.[113,114]
Although the toxicology of drugs is complex, there is great evidence for involvement of oxidative stress in the toxicity of a wide variety of drugs.[115,116] Most of plants possess antioxidant activity and other than various specific ways to combat toxins and synthetic drugs, they generally may reduce their toxicity by reduction of oxidative stress.[117,118,119] Kidney and liver are two organs which more than others are involved in toxic effects of other drugs as well as toxins.[120,121] In this regard there are a wide variety of studies investigating the protective activities of nutraceuticals, especially medicinal plants against toxins and other drugs and promising results have been achieved.[122,123]
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