Hydrangea demonstrates hepatoprotective properties more potent than milk thisle and tumeric powder. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Suppression by Hydrangeae Dulcis Folium of D-galactosamine-induced liver injury in vitro and in vivo.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2003 Dec;67(12):2641-3. PMID: 14730144
Full Citation: "Hydrangeae Dulcis Folium, the fermented and dried leaves of Hydrangea macrophylla SER. var. thunbergii MAKINO, suppressed D-galactosamine-induced liver injury by 85.2% when added to the diet at 1% and fed to rats for fifteen days. The hepatoprotective effect is more potent than that of a milk thistle extract and turmeric powder. Some fractionated extracts showed hepatoprotective activity in the D-galactosamine-induced in vitro liver injury model."