Two contemporary cases of hepatitis associated with Teucrium chamaedrys L. decoction use. Case reports and review of literature

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-526

  Gori, Luigi ^a   Galluzzi, Paola ^b   Mascherini, Vittorio ^a   Gallo, Eugenia ^c   Lapi, Francesco ^c   Menniti Ippolito, Francesca ^d   Raschetti, Roberto ^d   Mugelli, Alessandro ^c   Vannacci, Alfredo ^a   Firenzuoli, Fabio ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Centre for Molecular Medicine CIMMBA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DITERPENOID; FLAVORING AGENT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN; TEUCHAMAEDRYN A; TEUCRIN A; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BITTER TASTE; CASE REPORT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; WINE;

AGED; DITERPENES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEUCRIUM;

TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS;

EID: 81255185360     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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