Herbal bioactivation: the good, the bad and the ugly

Zhou S, Koh HL, Gao Y, Gong ZY, Lee EJ Life sciences, 2004 ABSTRACT: It has been well established that the formation of reactive metabolites of drugs is associated with drug toxicity. Similarly, there are accumulating data suggesting the role of the formation of reactive metabolites/intermediates through bioactivation in herbal toxicity and carcinogenicity. It has… Read more »