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Licorice-Induced Hypermineralocorticoidism

New England Journal of Medicine, 1991
EXCESSIVE ingestion of licorice may result in sodium and water retention, hypertension, hypokalemia, and suppression of the renin-aldosterone system.1 , 2 It was thought for years that licorice produced these effects through the binding of its active components, glycyrrhizic acid and its hydrolytic metabolite glycyrrhetinic acid, to mineralocorticoid ...
R V, Farese   +4 more
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Licorice-induced pseudoaldosteronism

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1975
Licorice ingestion as a cause of pseudoaldosteronism is discussed. The mechanism whereby licorice, when consumed in large quantities, exhibits the physiologic properties of aldosterone, is reviewed. A case report of a 51-year-old male hospitalized with hypertension and hypokalemia is presented with reports of laboratory findings which lead to the ...
L K, Wash, J D, Bernard
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