Health risks from consumption of medicinal plant dietary supplements
| Autor: | Małgorzata Ćwieląg-Drabek, Mehdi Razzaghi, Iwona Szymala, Klaudia Oleksiuk, K. Jablonska, Weronika Osmala, Agata Piekut, Grzegorz Dziubanek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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cadmium ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species chemistry.chemical_element 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences law.invention dietary supplements 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Terrestrial plant Medicine Ingestion TX341-641 Food science heavy metals Medicinal plants health risk assessment medicinal plants lead Original Research 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Cadmium Health risk assessment Nutrition. Foods and food supply business.industry ved/biology Hazard quotient Mercury (element) chemistry 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis business Atomic absorption spectroscopy Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Food Science & Nutrition, 8(7):3535-3544 Food Science & Nutrition Food Science & Nutrition, Vol 8, Iss 7, Pp 3535-3544 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2048-7177 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/fsn3.1636 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine the heavy metal contents of dietary supplements manufactured from medicinal plants and assess the potential daily burden on their consumers. The study consisted of 41 dietary supplements produced from terrestrial plants or microalgae. The analysis of cadmium, lead, and mercury content was performed using analytical methods. The content of Cd and Pb was determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The mercury content was determined using atomic absorption spectrometry with the generation of cold mercury vapor (CVAAS). The presence of at least one of the three analyzed heavy metals was found in 79.2% samples of supplements produced from terrestrial plants and in 88.2% supplement samples produced from microalgae. Hazard quotient was used to calculate noncarcinogenic risk for humans by ingestion of dietary supplements containing heavy metals. From among all supplements, 68.3% of samples were contaminated with Cd and Pb (this does not always apply to the same samples) and 29.3% of samples were contaminated with Hg. The health risk assessment of consumers of dietary supplements showed, in an extreme case, that taking this supplement for only one week poses a health risk associated with exposure to Pb. The health risk associated with the intake of dietary supplements primarily depends on the duration of consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the heavy metal contents of dietary supplements manufactured from medicinal plants and assess the potential daily burden on their consumers. The study consisted of 41 dietary supplements produced from terrestrial plants or microalgae. The analysis of Cd, Pb, and Hg content was performed using analytical methods. Hazard quotient was used to calculate noncarcinogenic risk for humans by ingestion of dietary supplements containing heavy metals. |
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