PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry is refuting a news report claiming that consumption of papaya leaf extract can cause organ failure and lead to death as it contained a toxic substance.
Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah acknowledged that papaya leaves contained the chemical cyanogenic glycoside, but in such minute quantities that in practice, its consumption did not pose a danger.
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