hepatoxic botanicals

Etiology

• turmeric*
• green tea
• ashwagandha
• Garcinia cambogia
• red yeast rice
• black cohosh

* in order of frequency of exposure

Epidemiology

• 4.7% of U.S. adults report exposure to 6 potentially hepatotoxic botanicals
• users of botanicals older, more educated, & more likely to have arthritis

Notes

• botanical supplements represent largely unregulated products

More general terms

• unsafe herbal products
• pharmaceutical herb; medicinal herb; herbal supplement; botanical
• hepatotoxicity