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The Sacramento County coroner concluded that Lori McClintock died of dehydration after ingesting white mulberry leaf. But some scientists, doctors and pathologists are questioning that ruling and are urging the coroner’s office to reopen the case.

Lori McClintock, the wife of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock of California, died after ingesting white mulberry leaf, according to the Sacramento County coroner.

When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary...