Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Year: 2026, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 156-172
Review Article
Sanjib Bhattacharya1*
1West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Ltd., GN 29, Sector V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700091, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]
The liver is damaged in breast cancer, especially when it spreads. Furthermore, the pertinent cancer chemotherapy drugs are hepatotoxic as well. Some medicinal plants may be intriguing candidates for dual-acting remedies because of their concomitant hepatoprotective and anti-breast cancer qualities. A narrative review of recent research on these medicinally important plants is furnished in this article. In this regard, circumventing the extant shortcomings, effective plant-based natural therapeutics to prevent hepatic damage linked with breast malignancies may be developed ahead, if the potential of these medicinal plants and their constituents is further explored.
Keywords: Breast cancer, Liver, Toxicity, Medicinal plants
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