Toxic myopathy induced by the ingestion of loquat leaf extract

Abstract

Loquat leaves contain ursolic acid and oleanolic acid, which both have hypoglycaemic and antihyperlipidaemic effects in test animals. 1- 3 CASE REPORT We present a patient with hypertriglyceridaemia, who after ingestion of loquat leaf extract had a remarkable decrease in triglycerides and an increase in high density lipoprotein (HDL). [...]this benefit was accompanied by toxic myopathy, resembling the effect of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and fibric acid derivatives.