The Beneficial Effects of Natural Extracts and Bioactive Compounds on the Gut-Liver Axis: A Promising Intervention for Alcoholic Liver Disease

• Main Authors: Liang Zhao (Author), Shaoxuan Wang (Author), Nanhai Zhang (Author), Jingxuan Zhou (Author), Arshad Mehmood (Author), Rifat Nowshin Raka (Author), Feng Zhou (Author), Lei Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It can cause fatty liver (steatosis), steatohepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Alcohol consumption can also disturb the composition of gut microbiota, increasing the composition of harmful microbes an...