Green tea extract: A potential cause of acute liver failure

Table 1 Laboratory studies

Days post-hospitalization	Admission, day 1	Hospitalized, day 15	Discharge, day 24	Follow-up, day 45	Follow-up, day 94	Follow-up, day 185
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	2106	958	525	59	33	35
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	2984	1169	665	165	44	31
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	186	86	137	148	120	94
Gamma glutamyl transferase (U/L)	78	65	104	49	41	28
Conjugated bilirubin (mg/dL)	12.9	14.7	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unconjugated bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.9	2.0	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.2
Albumin (g/dL)	4.0	2.5	3.2	3.9	4.1	4.1
Protime (s)	15.9	18.2	14.9	-	-	-
International normalised ratio	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0
Factor 7	-	42%	-	102%	-	-