194
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Review Article

Toxins mechanism in instigating hepatotoxicity

&
Pages 616-631 | Received 02 Jun 2020, Accepted 29 Aug 2020, Published online: 14 Sep 2020
 

Abstract

Myriad of therapeutic drugs used in clinical practice have led to hepatotoxicity reporting more than 1,100 pharmaceutical and chemical products with liver injury. Drug-induced liver damage reports for 7% of adverse reactions, 2% jaundice, 1% acute liver failure, and more acute hepatitis and account for approximately 40,000 deaths per annum in 17 countries. Considering the prominence of drug-induced hepatotoxicity, this review focuses on providing an overview of the plausible mechanisms of action of various intrinsic and idiosyncratic hepatotoxic drugs that involve various molecular and cellular elements in hepatotoxicity and cell death. Also, we discussed their hepatotoxicity control treatments.

Acknowledgements

The authors express their gratitude to Vellore Institute of Technology for rendering the essential facilities.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.