Food and Chemical Toxicology ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2018-10-16 , DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.10.043 Tjaša Ekar , Samo Kreft
Due to the growing trend of returning to nature and the fear of adverse reactions from conventional medicines, people are increasingly resorting to the use of herbal preparations. Because of long-term use and natural origin these preparations give a sense of security. But herbal formulations also possess undesirable effects and, among other dangers, present a risk connected with deliberate addition of synthetic compounds, deliberate or unintentional replacement of the plant species or simply a risk of mislabeling. While the replacement of the plant species occurs in a very different groups of herbal products, reports of added illicit synthetic substances often include groups of herbal weight-loss preparations, sexual enhancers, preparations for treatment of rheumatic and inflammatory diseases, antidiabetic and blood pressure lowering preparations. In the world of Internet ordering, these are the dangers that everyone should be aware of. In this article, we reviewed the safety issues related to adulterated or mislabeled herbal products.
中文翻译:
掺假和贴错标签的草药的常见风险
由于回归自然的趋势不断增长,并且担心传统药物会产生不良反应,因此人们越来越多地使用草药制剂。由于长期使用和天然来源,这些制剂给人以安全感。但是草药制剂还具有不良作用,除其他危险外,还存在与故意添加合成化合物,故意或无意替换植物物种有关的风险,或仅存在标签错误的风险。虽然植物种类的替换发生在非常不同的草药产品组中,但有关添加非法合成物质的报道通常包括草药减肥制剂,性增强剂,用于治疗风湿性和炎性疾病的制剂,抗糖尿病药和降血压药。准备。在Internet订购世界中,这些是每个人都应该意识到的危险。在本文中,我们回顾了与掺假或标签错误的草药产品有关的安全性问题。