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No clear toxicity has been identified. Early quercetin research suggested that large amounts of quercetin could cause cancer in animals.1 Most,2, 3, 4 but not all,5 current research finds quercetin to be safe or actually linked to protection from cancer.
Quercetin has been shown to cause chromosomal mutations in certain bacteria in test tube studies.6 Although the significance of this finding for humans is not clear, some doctors are concerned about the possibility that birth defects could occur in the offspring of people supplementing with quercetin at the time of conception or during pregnancy.
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