Hepatoprotective Effects of Nonpolar Extracts from Inflorescences of Thistles and on Acute Liver Damage in Rat.

Background: Drugs for the treatment of liver diseases are scarce and not effective enough. Some species of the genus possess hepatoprotective activity. There are no studies on the hepatoprotective effects of nonpolar extracts from inflorescences of thistles and , and there are few reports on their chemical composition.