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Catechins in Dietary Supplements and Hepatotoxicity
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Many herbal dietary supplements (HDS) contain green tea extract (GTE) and its component catechins, although their presence may not always be indicated on the product label. Because GTE and catechins have been implicated in human hepatotoxicity in several case reports, our objective was to determine whether catechins were present in HDS that were implicated in hepatotoxicity, even if not identified among the labeled ingredients, and whether these compounds could be associated with liver injury. We assayed 97 HDS implicated in human hepatotoxicity for catechins. We found that 29 of 73 HDS (39.7 %) that did not identify GTE or any of its component catechins on their label contained catechins. Among patients with confirmed hepatotoxicity, there was no statistically significant association between the presence of catechin or the dose consumed and liver injury causality score, severity, or pattern of liver injury. Catechin levels tended to be highest in products used for weight loss, although catechin concentrations were low in most products. Many HDS commonly contain catechins that are implicated in hepatotoxicity, although their presence may not be indicated on the product label. Although our results did not establish an association between GTE or catechins with hepatotoxicity, they highlight some of the many complexities and uncertainties that surround the attribution of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) to HDS.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Physiology
Green tea extract
Pharmacology
Biology
Article
Catechin
chemistry.chemical_compound
Young Adult
Transplant surgery
Weight loss
Product Label
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Liver injury
Gastroenterology
Hepatotoxin
Hepatology
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Biochemistry
chemistry
Dietary Supplements
Female
Plant Preparations
medicine.symptom
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ac5af5d98c90ebc066b6b14d4be0b4a