Also, Surampalli et al[129], showed that naringenin was harmless upon exposure to rat gastrointestinal epithelium in doses ranging from 1 mmol/L to 100 mmol/L, thus suggesting naringenin as a safe compound. Naringenin has many pharmacological properties including hypolipidemic, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-fibrotic function