Herbal does not at all mean innocuous: The sixth case of hepatotoxicity associated with Morinda citrifolia (Noni)

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2406-2407

  Stadlbauer, Vanessa ^a   Weiss, Sabine ^a   Payer, Franz ^a   Stauber, Rudolf E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MORINDA; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 50649114675     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02010_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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