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

• Main Authors: Pablo Alvarez Auth (Author), Gustavo Ratti da Silva (Author), Eduarda Carolina Amaral (Author), Victor Fajardo Bortoli (Author), Mariana Inocencio Manzano (Author), Lauro Mera de Souza (Author), Evellyn Claudia Wietzikoski Lovato (Author), João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes (Author), Arquimedes Gasparotto Junior (Author), Francislaine Aparecida dos Reis Lívero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...