- Contains PYRROLIZIDINE (UNDERGOES LYPOPERIXIDATION) = Damages the liver by HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE which is manifested by CONSISTENT JAUNDICE = HEPATIC FAILURE Clinical signs associated w/ liver damage: RESEMBLES CIRRHOSIS, HEPATIC TUMORS which are then mistaken in hepatotoxicity The clinical condition is a form of BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME with PORTAL HYPERTENSION & OBLITERATION SEVERE LIVER DAMAGE: BLOATED STOMACH because of the accumulation of fluid (LAST STAGE OF DAMAGE OF THE LIVER)