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Comfrey Toxicity

Comfrey Toxicity is a type of herbal supplement hepatotoxicity characterized by the potential for liver damage due to the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Symphytum species, distinguishing it from other herb-related liver injuries by its specific phytochemical etiology and associated veno-occlusive disease.

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COMFREY HERB TEA AND HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE

PaulM. Ridker, WilliamV. Mcdermott · The Lancet · 1989 · 207 citations

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Veno-occlusive disease of the liver secondary to ingestion of comfrey.

Clive Weston, B.T. Cooper, Julian Davies et al. · BMJ · 1987 · 129 citations · Full text

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Comfrey herb tea-induced hepatic veno-occlusive disease

Nancy Bach, Swan N. Thung, Fenton Schaffner · The American Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 123 citations

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Metabolism, Genotoxicity, annd Carcinogenicity of Comfrey

Nan Mei, Lei Guo, Peter P. Fu et al. · Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B · 2010 · 88 citations · Full text

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Structure and toxicity of the alkaloids of Russian comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum Nyman), a medicinal herb and item of human diet

CCJ Culvenor, Mary Washington Clarke, J. A. Edgar et al. · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 1980 · 65 citations

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  1. NM
    Nan Mei

    National Center for Toxicological Research, United States

    4 publications · 207 citations

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  2. LG
    Lei Guo

    National Center for Toxicological Research, United States

    4 publications · 207 citations

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  3. JC
    James C. Fuscoe

    National Center for Toxicological Research, United States

    3 publications · 153 citations

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  4. SL
    Stacey L. Dial

    National Center for Toxicological Research, United States

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  5. KA
    Karen A. Wolnik

    United States Food and Drug Administration, United States

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  1. National Center for Toxicological Research

    Pine Bluff, United States

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    757 citations

  2. United States Food and Drug Administration

    Silver Spring, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    620 citations

  3. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. National Chiayi University

    Chiayi City, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  5. Département Santé Animale

    Nouzilly, France

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    455 citations

  6. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  7. Biochemical Society

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

  8. Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

    Albuquerque, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

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  1. BMC Bioinformatics

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  2. British Journal of Cancer

    BJC · 1 publications · 54 citations

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  3. Journal of AOAC International

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. BMJ

    1 publications · 129 citations

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  5. Toxins

    1 publications · 34 citations

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