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A key component in henna may one day help treat liver disease

Specifically, researchers are looking at using pigments extracted from the dye to treat fibrosis

The disease is linked to lifestyle choices, including alcohol use

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The same natural dye responsible for Lucille Ball’s signature red hair has pigments that might one day be used to treat serious liver disease.

Lawsonia inermis is a broadleaf evergreen best known for making henna, a dye used to change the color of hair, skin and clothes.

Writing in the October issue of the journal Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy , a team from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan said pigments extracted from the dye could be used for liver fibrosis , a hard-to-treat disease often lin

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