HEPATIC DISORDERS LIKE CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS B AND C, ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE, NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA ARE MAJOR WORLDWIDE AND STILL UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS. REGARDLESS OF HIGH INCIDENCE, THEIR THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT IS PRESENTLY INADEQUATE AND STILL A DARE TO MODERN MEDICINE. ALTHOUGH, RECENTLY DEVELOPED DRUGS HAVE BEEN USED TO TREAT CHRONIC HEPATIC DISEASES BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS, LIMITED EFFICACY AND OFTEN TOO EXPENSIVE, PARTICULARLY FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD. THEREFORE, IN THE ABSCENCE OF A RELIABLE HEPATOPROTECTIVE DRUG IN ALLOPATHIC MEDICAL PRACTICES, HERBS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NUMEROUS LIVER DISEASES IN ETHNO MEDICIAL PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN. BUT, MANAGEMENT OF HEPATIC DISEASES WITH SOME SPECIFIC HERBS IS STILL A CAPTIVATING TROUBLE. THIS BOOK, THEREFORE PROVIDES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOME SELECTED HERBS, USED TRADITIONALLY AS HEPATOPROTECTIVE AND HEPATOCURATIVE IN PAKISTAN WHICH DEFINATELY HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO SWAP THE PRESENTLY USED CHEMICAL DRUGS OF SUSPICIOUS EFFICACY AND SAFETY.

This book can be used as a review guide for the students preparing for exams in medical or science disciplines. The first two chapters focus on the disorders of carbohydrate metabolism and the diseases of lipids metabolism. The third chapter highlights the diseases of protein metabolism including different forms of phenylalanemia, tyrosinemia, alkaptonuria and various urea cycle disorders. The fourth chapter discusses the diseases associated with nucleic acids metabolism such as gout and Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. The last two chapters are dedicated to concise but useful information on molecular genetics and various instrumental techniques used in a clinical diagnostic laboratory. An overview of respective macromolecules metabolism is also presented at the beginning of each chapter for a better understanding of the subject.