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Green tea extract and the risk of drug-induced liver injury.
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology - 1 Dec 2014
Teschke Rolf, Zhang Li, Melzer Lena, Schulze Johannes, Eickhoff Axel
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INTRODUCTION: Catechins of green tea extract (GTE) have been associated with the rare risk of hepatotoxicity in a few individuals. As GTE were coadministered with synthetic drugs in some hepatotoxicity cases, uncertainty emerged whether GTE are a risk factor of drug-induced liver injury (DILI). AREAS COVERED: Case reports of liver injury by GTE and related review articles to assess the drugs that were...
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