Liver Function and Diseases of the Liver

List the functions of the liver

List the Sx of liver dysfunction

What are some factors which contribute to liver load?

What are external factors that can cause liver disorders?

What are the three detoxification pathways for the liver?
What is number 1?

What is the second way the liver detoxifies?

What is the 3rd detoxification pathway?

List the cholagogues and choleretics we can use to detoxify the liver?

Hepatoprotective herbs?

Hepato (tropho) restoriatives

Hepatic detoxifier

Antioxidant herbs

What are the aims for detoxification?

How do you support the detoxification process?

What herbs can we use to increase phase 1?

What herbs do we use to increase phase 2?

What herbs do we use to increase phase 2?

How are toxic substances broken down in the liver?

Are many of the toxins that enter the body fat soluble or water soluble?

Why are fat soluble toxins difficult for the body to excrete?

What are some symptoms that can occur when these toxins are released?

how does the liver detoxify?

What are toxins?

Phase one detoxificaiton consits of...

What is the name of the enzyme which catalyses phase 1?

Where do these enzymes live?

When are P450 enzymes synthesised?

What does phase 1 do basically?

What happens during this process?

Why are free radicals bad?

What do vitamin C and E do to free radicals?

What happens if the P450 enzyme system becomes over reactive?

What happens if these free radicals are not metabolised by the phase 2 conjugation process?

what are substances which can cause overactivity or induction of the P450 enzymes?

What are cofactors needed for phase 1 detoxification?

What are substances that inhinbit cytochrome P450

What does grape fruit do ?

What does curcumin do?

What happens to phase I as we age?

What happens in Phase II?

What are the major Phase II pathways?

What do sulphur containing foods and amino acids do to the phase II?

What are some sulphur containing foods?

There are two enxyme systems which work in phase II what are these?

What is GT

What are the required nutrients needed for phase II?

How does toxic overload occur?

Bitter herbs

Sialogogues

Orexogenics

Chologogues

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