Coffee: Good, bad, or just fun? A critical review of coffee's effects on liver enzymes

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-46

  Homan, David J ^a   Mobarhan, Sohrab ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Caffeine; Coffee; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAFESTOL; DITERPENE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KAHWEOL; LIVER ENZYME;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER RISK; COFFEE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENOTOXICITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CAFFEINE; COFFEE; HUMANS; LIVER;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33644558327     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.jan.43-46     Document Type: Short Survey

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