“…Recently, it was reported that orally administered BH protected mice against ionizing radiation (Zhao et al, 2012), ameliorated abnormal lipid and glucose metabolism in rats (Jurgoński, Juśkiewicz, & Zduńczyk, 2013), and exhibited hepatoprotective (Palíková, Valentová, Oborná, & Ulrichová, 2009), anti-inflammatory (Jin et al, 2006;Zdařilová, Svobodova, Chytilová, Šimánek, & Ulrichová, 2010), and therapeutic effects on hyperthyroidism (Park et al, 2016). In particular, BH extracts showed the strongest antioxidant potential among 12 different colored berries (Chen, Xin, Yuan, Su, & Liu, 2014); the phenolicrich extract of BH has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effects in vitro and in vivo (Jin et al, 2006) in addition to protective effects on the skin against ultraviolet-induced damage (Svobodová, Rambousková, Walterová, & Vostálová, 2008;Vostálová et al, 2013). However, it appears that more detailed studies are needed on the hepatoprotective effects of BH.…”