The Presence of Molds and Their Secondary Metabolites in Purple Coneflower-Based Dietary Supplements ( (L.) Moench)

Overview

Journal Toxins (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Toxicology

Date 2022 Sep 22

PMID 36136545

Authors

Gabriela Pilarska

Magdalena Twaruzek

Iwona Altyn

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Abstract

Purple coneflower ( (L.) Moench) is a plant in the family , mainly grown in North America. has been used in conventional medicine. The plant has immuno-stimulating and antibacterial properties, but neither mold contamination nor a mycotoxin presence have been evaluated. Our goal is to determine the degree to which molds and mycotoxins contaminate dietary supplements based on purple coneflower distributed on the Polish market. We analyzed 21 samples divided into four groups: sachets ( = 5), dry raw material ( = 3), capsules ( = 9), and tablets ( = 4). The mycological analysis of dietary supplements shows that the average number of molds is 1012 cfu/g, and the most common molds are spp., spp. and spp. The mycotoxins most common in the samples are ZEN (18/21), DON (5/21) and T-2 toxin (3/21).

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