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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Herb-Induced Liver Injury by Ayurvedic Ashwagandha as Assessed for Causality by the Updated RUCAM: An Emerging Cause.

Goran Bokan, Tanja Glamočanin, Zoran Mavija, Bojana Vidović, Ana Stojanović, Einar S Björnsson, Vesna Vučić

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Plant Part-Specific Differences in Ashwagandha (Food science & nutrition · 2026
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  6. Herb-Induced Liver Injury byLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  7. Ashwagandha (Nutrients · 2025
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  8. Ashwagandha (Journal of dietary supplements · 2025
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  9. Comprehensive safety evaluation ofFrontiers in nutrition · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Goran BokanInternal Medicine Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.ORCID 0000-0002-8523-9402
Tanja GlamočaninInternal Medicine Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zoran MavijaInternal Medicine Clinic, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bojana VidovićFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Ana StojanovićBežanijska Kosa Clinical Hospital Center, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Einar S BjörnssonLandspitali University Hospital, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Vesna VučićGroup for Nutritional Biochemistry and Dietology, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-8563-594X
University of Banja Luka · BAUniversity of Belgrade · RSReykjavík University · ISUniversity clinical center of Republika Srpska · BAUniversity Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa · RS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herb-induced liver injury (HILI) caused by herbal supplements, natural products, and products used in traditional medicine are important for differential diagnoses in patients with acute liver injury without an obvious etiology. The root of

Indexed as

ashwagandhahepatotoxicityherb-induced liver injury (HILI)liver injuryupdated RUCAM

Identifiers

PMID37631044
PMCPMC10459262
OpenAlexW4385741143

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