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Activity of essential phospholipids (EPL) from soybean in liver diseases.

Abstract
Essential phospholipids (EPL) contain a highly purified extract of polyenylphosphatidylcholine (PPC) molecules from soybean. The main active ingredient is 1,2-dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine (DLPC), which differentiates it from other phospholipids, lecithins, or extracts from other sources. Although EPLis widely used in liver diseases of various origins, its mode of action and pharmacological and clinical evidence of its efficacy have not yet been concisely reviewed. This paper critically summarizes experimental and clinical results. With regard to in-vitro and animal tests, EPL influenced membrane-dependent cellular functions and showed anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, apoptosis-modulating, regenerative, membrane-repairing and -protective, cell-signaling and receptor-influencing, as well as lipid-regulating effects in intoxication models with chemicals or drugs. Clinical studies, primarily from European and Asian countries, have shown improvement in subjective symptoms; clinical, biochemical and imaging findings; and histology in liver indications such as fatty liver of different origin, drug hepatotoxicity, and adjuvant in chronic viral hepatitis and hepatic coma. The available studies characterize EPL as evidence-based medicine, although further long-term controlled clinical trials are required to precisely determine its benefit for alleviating symptoms, improving well-being, inducing histological changes and slowing the progression of liver disease. EPL-related relevant side effects were not observed.
AuthorsKarl-Josef Gundermann, Ann Kuenker, Erwin Kuntz, Marek Droździk
JournalPharmacological reports : PR (Pharmacol Rep) Vol. 63 Issue 3 Pg. 643-59 ( 2011) ISSN: 2299-5684 [Electronic] Switzerland
PMID21857075 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • lipostabil
  • essential 303 forte
  • 1,2-linoleoylphosphatidylcholine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants (adverse effects, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases (drug therapy, physiopathology)
  • Phosphatidylcholines (adverse effects, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
  • Soybeans (chemistry)

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