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Litchi is Safe and Harmless in Normal Individuals


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1 Formerly atClinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632 004, India
2 Formerly at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, M. G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India
3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India
 

The paper on ‘Determination of tolerable dose of litchi fruit’ by Tripathi et al.1 confirms the safety of litchi in mice, and by extrapolation, in normal people. In-deed litchi has never been alleged to be unsafe in normal people.
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Authors

T. Jacob John
Formerly atClinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632 004, India
Mukul Das
Formerly at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, M. G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India
Abhirup Sarkar
Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India

Abstract


The paper on ‘Determination of tolerable dose of litchi fruit’ by Tripathi et al.1 confirms the safety of litchi in mice, and by extrapolation, in normal people. In-deed litchi has never been alleged to be unsafe in normal people.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv118%2Fi8%2F1152-1152