Department of Physiology and Toxicology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Toxins (Basel). 2022 Sep 1;14(9):607. doi: 10.3390/toxins14090607.
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).
紫锥菊（Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench）是菊科植物，主要生长在北美。在传统医学中已被使用。该植物具有免疫刺激和抗菌特性，但尚未评估霉菌污染和霉菌毒素的存在。我们的目标是确定基于分布在波兰市场上的紫锥菊的膳食补充剂中霉菌和霉菌毒素的污染程度。我们分析了 21 个样本，分为四组：小袋（=5）、干原料（=3）、胶囊（=9）和片剂（=4）。膳食补充剂的真菌分析表明，霉菌的平均数量为 1012 cfu/g，最常见的霉菌是 spp.、 spp. 和 spp.。在样品中最常见的霉菌毒素是 ZEN（18/21）、DON（5/21）和 T-2 毒素（3/21）。
