Hepatotoxicity Associated with Use of the Weight Loss Supplement Garcinia cambogia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

The use of herbal and dietary supplements for weight loss is becoming increasingly common as obesity is becoming major health problem in the United States. Despite the popularity of these natural supplements, there are no guidelines for their therapeutic doses and their safety is always a concern. G...

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Autores principales: Kothadia, Jiten P., Kaminski, Monica, Samant, Hrishikesh, Olivera-Martinez, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5867608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6483605
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author Kothadia, Jiten P.
Kaminski, Monica
Samant, Hrishikesh
Olivera-Martinez, Marco
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description The use of herbal and dietary supplements for weight loss is becoming increasingly common as obesity is becoming major health problem in the United States. Despite the popularity of these natural supplements, there are no guidelines for their therapeutic doses and their safety is always a concern. Garcinia cambogia extract with its active ingredient “hydroxycitric acid” is a component of many weight loss regimens. It suppresses fatty acid biosynthesis and decreases appetite. However, its prolonged use in weight maintenance is unknown. Here we describe a case of acute hepatitis after the use of Garcinia cambogia for weight loss.
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spelling pubmed-58676082018-05-02 Hepatotoxicity Associated with Use of the Weight Loss Supplement Garcinia cambogia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Kothadia, Jiten P. Kaminski, Monica Samant, Hrishikesh Olivera-Martinez, Marco Case Reports Hepatol Case Report The use of herbal and dietary supplements for weight loss is becoming increasingly common as obesity is becoming major health problem in the United States. Despite the popularity of these natural supplements, there are no guidelines for their therapeutic doses and their safety is always a concern. Garcinia cambogia extract with its active ingredient “hydroxycitric acid” is a component of many weight loss regimens. It suppresses fatty acid biosynthesis and decreases appetite. However, its prolonged use in weight maintenance is unknown. Here we describe a case of acute hepatitis after the use of Garcinia cambogia for weight loss. Hindawi 2018-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5867608/ /pubmed/29721342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6483605 Text en Copyright © 2018 Jiten P. Kothadia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hepatotoxicity Associated with Use of the Weight Loss Supplement Garcinia cambogia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Hepatotoxicity Associated with Use of the Weight Loss Supplement Garcinia cambogia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_short Hepatotoxicity Associated with Use of the Weight Loss Supplement Garcinia cambogia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5867608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6483605
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