title: Chaparral-induced toxic hepatitis--California and Texas, 1992.
abstract: Cases of acute toxic hepatitis in two patients--one in California and one in Texas--have been attributed to ingestion of an herbal nutritional supplement product derived from the leaves of the creosote bush known commonly as chaparral. This report summarizes the investigations of these cases.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013781:Texas