Over the last few decades there has been increasing global concern over the public health impacts attributed to environmental .There is always some amount of environmental degradation. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about a quarter of the diseases facing mankind today occur due to prolonged exposure to environmental pollution. Various chemical substances are released of the  environment either by agriculture by industries and public health operations through the automobile exhausts. A large number of chemical substances remain dumped in various compartments of the environment. Incidences of chemical/drug  induced  hepatotoxicity  are on the rise and provoke a need for a safe hepatoprotective agent in lieu of synthetic counterparts.

Savita Chauhan¹ & Dr. M.K. Singh²

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