Noni juice is not hepatotoxic

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Hi All, & Ihor,

 

See this:

 

West BJ, Jensen CJ, Westendorf J. Noni juice is not hepatotoxic. World J

Gastroenterol. 2006 Jun 14;12(22):3616-9. Research and Development,

Tahitian Noni International, American Fork, UT 84003, United States.

brett_west Noni juice (Morinda citrifolia) has been approved for

use as a safe food within the European Union, following a review of safety.

Since approval, three cases of acute hepatitis in Austrian noni juice

consumers have been published, where a causal link is suggested between

the liver dysfunction and ingestion of anthraquinones from the plant.

Measurements of liver function in a human clinical safety study of

TAHITIAN NONI(® ) Juice, as well as subacute and subchronic animal

toxicity tests revealed no evidence of adverse liver effects at doses many

times higher than those reported in the case studies. Additionally, M.

citrifolia anthraquinones occur in the fruit in quantities too small to be of

any

toxicological significance. Further, these do not have chemical structures

capable of being reduced to reactive anthrone radicals, which were

implicated in previous cases of herbal hepototoxicity. The available data

reveals no evidence of liver toxicity.

PMID: 16773722 [PubMed - in process]

 

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