Would sacaca, Croton cajucara Benth (Euphorbiaceae) be an hepatotoxic plant like germander, Teucrium chamaedrys L. (Labiatae)?

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Clinical and experimental studies have consistently incriminated the medicinal plant germander (Teucrium chamaedrys L.) in epidemic and sporadic cases of liver diseases. The sacaca (Croton cajucara Benth), a common plant in Brazilian Amazon region also comes being incriminated in similar clinical cases. Of both plants were isolated diterpenoid coumpounds with similar chemical structures.

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Pereira Soares, M. D. C. (2004). Would sacaca, Croton cajucara Benth (Euphorbiaceae) be an hepatotoxic plant like germander, Teucrium chamaedrys L. (Labiatae)? Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 37(SUPPL. 2), 96–97. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822004000700016

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