AGENT ELICITING HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECT Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, pharmacy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to development of agents of vegetable origin as a hepatoprotective drug. Invention proposes viburnum crowns spirituous extract as a hepatoprotector. The proposed agent inhibits free-radical reactions and decreases formation of toxic products of lipid peroxidation processes, stabilizes lysosomal membranes and inhibits release of hepatocyte membranotropic hydrolases to cytoplasm, normalizes liver function that is characterized by synthesis of phospholipids from triacylglycerol and shows others effects. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of agent, valuable medicinal and biochemical properties. 1 cl, 5 tbl