Silymarin ameliorates metabolic dysfunction associated with Diet-induced Obesity via activation of farnesyl X receptor

• Main Authors: Ming Gu (Author), Ping Zhao (Author), Jinwen Huang (Author), Yuanyuan Zhao (Author), Yahui Wang (Author), Yin Li (Author), Shengjie Fan (Author), Yifei Li (Author), Yue-Ming Ma (Author), Qingchun Tong (Author), Li Yang (Author), Guang Ji (Author), Cheng Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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AbstractBACKGROUND AND PURPOSESilymarin, a standardized extract of the milk thistle seeds, has been widely used to treat chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and other types of toxic liver damage. . Despite increasing studies on the action of silymarin and its major active constituent, silybin in their ther...