Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2014, Article ID 890842, 22 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/890842 Review Article A Review of Hepatoprotective Plants Used in Saudi Traditional Medicine Abdulrahman K. Al-Asmari,1 Abdulrahman M. Al-Elaiwi,2 Md Tanwir Athar,1 Mohammad Tariq,1 Ahmed Al Eid,3 and Saeed M. Al-Asmary4 1 DepartmentofResearch,PrinceSultanMilitaryMedicalCity,P.O.Box7897(775s),Riyadh,SaudiArabia 2Department of Urology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, P.O. Box 7897 (775s), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3DepartmentofClinicalPharmacy,PrinceSultanMilitaryMedicalCity,P.O.Box7897(775s),Riyadh,SaudiArabia 4Department of FCM, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, P.O. Box 7897 (775s), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Correspondence should be addressed to Abdulrahman K. Al-Asmari;
[email protected] Received 3 June 2014; Revised 17 September 2014; Accepted 18 September 2014; Published 18 December 2014 Academic Editor: Mohammed Rahmatullah Copyright © 2014 Abdulrahman K. Al-Asmari et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Liver disease is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality across the world. According to WHO estimates, about 500 million people are living with chronic hepatitis infections resulting in the death of over one million people annually. Medicinal plants serve as a vital source of potentially useful new compounds for the development of effective therapy to combat liver problems. Moreover herbal products have the advantage of better affordability and acceptability, better compatibility with the human body, and minimal side effects and is easier to store.