Silymarin 70 mg Vitamin B-Complex Capsule

Vitamin B Complex

Vitamin B complex refers to the family of B vitamins, which includes thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, biotin and vitamins B5, B6 and B12. These vitamins serve many important roles throughout the body but are particularly important in supporting some essential liver functions -- including detoxification of drugs and chemicals, and processing and metabolism of dietary proteins, fats and sugars.

B vitamin deficiencies occur in some people with advanced cirrhosis, which can result from various forms of hepatitis. People with alcoholic liver disease are particularly prone to B vitamin deficiencies. These deficiencies typically develop because of malnutrition, poor absorption of vitamins from the intestines and changes in blood circulation that result in increased loss of B vitamins through the kidneys. In people with chronic hepatitis that has not yet progressed to cirrhosis, vitamin B deficiencies can occur but are not common.

Silymarin

Inflammation is common to all forms of hepatitis. In the short term, inflammation helps fight infections and heal liver damage. Protracted inflammation, however, often triggers harmful changes that can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Excess accumulation of chemicals called free radicals also occurs with many types of hepatitis and contributes to a type of liver cell harm known as oxidative damage.

Silymarin is a mixture of biologically active substances extracted from milk thistle seeds. A March 2013 "Hepatology" review of published studies on silymarin reports that this herb has consistently demonstrated antiinflammatory and antioxidant effects in a laboratory setting. Research conducted in people, however, remains inconclusive. Some studies have found evidence of these effects in people with various types of hepatitis, but others have not. An October 2007 study from the "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews" found no evidence to support or refute whether milk thistle benefits people with hepatitis caused by alcoholic liver disease, or infection with the hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus. The authors noted that human research to date is lacking in quality, and they recommend additional studies to determine whether silymarin might prove helpful to some people with hepatitis.

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