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Effects · health adverse

Hepatotoxicity (Liver Damage)

Toxic effect of a supplement or its metabolites on liver cells (hepatocytes), leading to their damage or death. May manifest as elevated liver enzymes, jaundice, impaired liver function.

Supplements
18
Practices
3
Habits
9
How we rate evidence

Probability — how likely the effect is to show up

  • Very high
  • High
  • Medium
  • Low

Evidence — where the data comes from

  • Scientific Meta-analyses and randomized trials
  • Clinical Clinical trials and practice
  • Animal research Animal studies
  • People reports User reports and anecdotes
  • Theoretical Mechanistic reasoning, not yet tested

Reported as a side effect of (30)

Probability High 5 Medium 4 Low 21
Evidence Clinical 13 People reports 1 Theoretical 16

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