Habs, Michael, Binder, Karin 
, Krauss, Stefan, Müller, Karolina, Ernst, Brigitte, Valentini, Luzia and Koller, Michael
(2018)
A Balanced Risk-Benefit Analysis to Determine Human Risks Associated with Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (PA)—The Case of Herbal Medicinal Products Containing St. John’s Wort Extracts (SJW).
Nutrients 10 (7), p. 804.
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Other URL: http://doi.org/10.3390/nu10070804, http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/7/804
Abstract
Objectives: Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) exist ubiquitously in our environment. More than 6000 plants, about 3% of the world’s flowering plants, are known to synthesize PA. As a consequence, many herbal ingredients, including St. John’s wort (SJW), are contaminated with PA that can possess acute and subchronic toxic effects as well as mutagenic and genotoxic properties. Therefore, the possible ...
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| Item type: | Article | ||||
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| Date: | 22 June 2018 | ||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien | ||||
| Projects: | Open Access Publizieren (DFG) | ||||
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| Keywords: | pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA); risk-benefit analysis; St. John’s wort extract (SJW) | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
| Item ID: | 37423 |
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