Professor Sung Jui-lou of National Taiwan University Hospital describes the liver as the body's chemical factory responsible for manufacturing more than 1,000 kinds of enzymes making the body's internal metabolism work smoothly. The liver also produces coagulants, and stores a minimal amount of irons, copper, and many other kinds of minerals.
中研院院士、台大肝病權威宋瑞樓教授形容它是人體的「化學工廠」﹘﹘它負責製造一千多種酵素，使體內各項新陳代謝得以順利推展；它也產生凝血素，儲存鐵銅等多種微量礦物質及維生素。