Dietary supplements containing Garcinia cambogia extract (G. cambogia) led to liver injuries that were clinically indistinguishable from green tea injuries, an analysis of the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network revealed.

For their study, the researchers evaluated 1,418 participants from the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, an NIH consortium study of medical centers, who were enrolled from 2004 to 2018 and had “probable, highly likely, or definite drug-induced liver injury.” Patients were included if their liver injury was sustained within 6 months of enrollment and confirmed by blood tests. Get More Information