Kava, the anxiolytic herb: back to basics to prevent liver injury?

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Title: Kava, the anxiolytic herb: back to basics to prevent liver injury?
Author(s): Teschke, Rolf; Sarris, Jerome; Glass, Xaver; Schulze, Johannes
Abstract: The use of the anxiolytic herb kava has caused toxic liver injury in Western countries and economic problems in South Pacific Islands due to tthe regulatory ban on kava. This analysis shows poor quality of kava raw material as a cause for its toxicity and suggests preventative measures by going back to the traditional use of kava for the sake of the patients and the South Pacific economy.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Brain Sciences Institute
Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 71, no. 3 (Mar 2011), pp. 445-448
Publication year: 2011
FOR Code(s): 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Keyword(s): Anxiolytic herbs; Drugs; Hepatotoxicity; Herbal hepatotoxicity; Kava; Kava hepatotoxicity; Liver injury
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
ISSN: 0306-5251
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03775.x
Peer reviewed