Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become one of the most common chronic diseases in the world, and the effective treatment of NAFLD has been listed as a key problem to be solved urgently in contemporary medicine. Polysaccharides in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have a wide range of pharmacological activities. A large number of preclinical studies have confirmed that TCM polysaccharides can interfere with the occurrence and development of NAFLD at multiple interrelated levels, such as improving lipid metabolism and insulin resistance, regulating oxidative stress, alleviating immune inflammatory response, and regulating intestinal microbiota, thus showing great potential as a new anti-NAFLD drug. This paper summarizes the prevention and treatment effect and mechanism of TCM polysaccharides on NAFLD, which provides a basis for the application of TCM polysaccharides in plant medicine and modern medicines, and provides a reference for promoting the development and utilization of TCM polysaccharide resources and the research and development of new drugs for NAFLD.
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