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Tests Find Kratom Compounds in 46 Cat’s Claw Products

A medRxiv preprint reports that chemical testing found undeclared kratom-related compounds in all 46 products sampled under a cat’s claw label. Five also contained tianeptine, an antidepressant not approved in the United States.

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Serial ALT measurements estimate liver necrosis in mice

A bioRxiv preprint reports that repeated measurements of circulating alanine aminotransferase, combined with time since acetaminophen exposure, estimated liver necrosis in mice. The method could let researchers follow liver injury in the same animals instead of using separate groups at every timepoint.