Current view of the yesterday's medicine (review)
Journal: Journal Medicine
Year: 2021

Phospholipids (PL) – lipids that are not involved in accumulation of fatty deposits play a significant role and serve various functions. Firstly, as a component of cell membranes of all cells in the organism. In clinical practice, for the past decades, phospholipids were primarily used as hepaprotective substances, going by the name of “essential phospholipids (EPL)”. Becoming a popular, demanded, well-promoted remedy for the treatment of liver diseases. However, despite the many years of approb