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  2. Millions of Americans Might Be Damaging Their Livers Using ...

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    For the study, researchers from the University of Michigan analyzed data from six herbal supplements previously considered potentially hepatotoxic (toxic to the liver), including ashwagandha ...

  3. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Liver toxicity, allergic reaction, anaphylaxis [3] Kava: awa, kava-kava [4] Piper methysticum: Potentiates CNS sedatives, [3] chronic use might cause a reversible dry skin condition. [18] Khat: qat Catha edulis: Chronic liver dysfunction [3] [19] Kratom: Mitragyna speciosa: Hepatotoxicity [20] [19] Liquorice root Glycyrrhiza glabra

  4. Arnica montana - Wikipedia

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    Consumption of A. montana can produce severe gastroenteritis, internal bleeding of the digestive tract, raised liver enzymes (which can indicate inflammation of the liver), nervousness, accelerated heart rate, muscular weakness, and death if enough is ingested. [22] [23] Contact with the plant can also cause skin irritation.

  5. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Consumption of A. montana can produce severe gastroenteritis, internal bleeding of the digestive tract, raised liver enzymes (which can indicate inflammation of the liver), nervousness, accelerated heart rate, muscular weakness, and death if enough is ingested. [54] [55] Contact with the plant can also cause skin irritation.

  6. List of cytochrome P450 modulators - Wikipedia

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    1 List of Herbal cytochrome P450 Inhibitors and Inducers. 2 See also. ... CYP11A1 (cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme; P450scc) CYP11B1 (steroid 11β-hydroxylase)

  7. Cruciferous vegetables - Wikipedia

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    Chemicals contained in cruciferous vegetables induce the expression of the liver enzyme CYP1A2. [10] Alliaceous and cruciferous vegetable consumption may induce glutathione S-transferases, uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyl transferases, and quinone reductases [11] all of which are potentially involved in detoxification of carcinogens such as ...

  8. Hepatotoxicity - Wikipedia

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    A group of enzymes located in the endoplasmic reticulum, known as cytochrome P-450, is the most important family of metabolizing enzymes in the liver. Cytochrome P-450 is not a single enzyme, but rather consists of a closely related family of 50 isoforms ; six of them metabolize 90% of drugs.

  9. Pyrrolizidine alkaloid - Wikipedia

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    A second detoxifying pathway is the formation of the N-oxide [26] [27] In the liver and lungs of certain mammal species enzymes called monooxygenase can prevent aromatization of the double 5-ring and in turn prevent the formation of the pyrrole-protein adduct.