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Because FA has advantages of high activities, low cost, non-toxic, good safety and stable structure. So it is widely used in food additives, medicine, healthcare products, and cosmetics. Numerous studies have shown the protective effects of FA and its derivatives on the liver. This paper reviews the recent research progress of FA and its derivatives in preventing and curing liver damages induced by various different factors, including the effects of FA and its derivatives on physicochemical factors induced liver injury, liver tumors, alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver metabolic disorder of diabetics, and hepatotoxicity of aflatoxin B1. 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