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- Title
The Presence of Molds and Their Secondary Metabolites in Purple Coneflower-Based Dietary Supplements (Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench).
- Authors
Pilarska, Gabriela; Twarużek, Magdalena; Ałtyn, Iwona
- Abstract
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench) is a plant in the family Asteraceae, mainly grown in North America. Echinacea purpurea 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 (n = 5), dry raw material (n = 3), capsules (n = 9), and tablets (n = 4). The mycological analysis of dietary supplements shows that the average number of molds is 1012 cfu/g, and the most common molds are Aspergillus spp., Phoma spp. and Eurotium spp. The mycotoxins most common in the samples are ZEN (18/21), DON (5/21) and T-2 toxin (3/21).
- Subjects
NORTH America; METABOLITES; RAW materials; PHOMA; TOXINS
- Publication
Toxins, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 9, p607
- ISSN
2072-6651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/toxins14090607