PRODUCTION OF AFLATOXINS ON MEDICINAL HERBS

For the National Health Authority it is very important to ensure the harmlessness of phytotherapeutic products.
The aflatoxins are potent carcinogenic contaminants present on materials of vegetable origin.
They should be investigated on vegetable drugs.

In this survey 41 species of medicinal and aromatic herbs have been studied to determine the susceptibility to aflatoxin contamination by artificial inoculation with Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999. From all the species infested with this toxicogenic fungus, 17 were positive for aflatoxins.
Natural aflatoxin contamination must be checked on these species whenever regulated industries use them as phytotherapeutic medicine components.

II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 4: Industrial Processing, Standards & Regulations, Quality, Marketing, Economics

I. Rizzo, G. Vedoya, M. Haidukowski, E. Varsavsky, H. Frade, C. Chiale

phytotherapic products, toxicogenic capacity, aflatoxins, safety, control

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.503.14