Isihlambezo: Utilization patterns and potential health effects of pregnancy-related traditional herbal medicine

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 911-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Varga ◽  
D.J.H. Veale
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Traditional Herbal Medicine ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Utilization Patterns

scholarly journals Direct and Indirect Neurotoxic Potential of Metal/Metalloids in Plants and Fungi Used for Food, Dietary Supplements, and Herbal Medicine

Toxics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Peter S. Spencer ◽  
Valerie S. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Dietary Supplements ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Wild Species ◽  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Metal Elements ◽  
Soil And Water

Plants and mushrooms bioconcentrate metals/metalloids from soil and water such that high levels of potentially neurotoxic elements can occur in cultivated and wild species used for food. While the health effects of excessive exposure to metals/metalloids with neurotoxic potential are well established, overt neurological disease from prolonged ingestion of contaminated botanicals has not been recognized. However, the presence of metal elements may affect levels of botanical neurotoxins in certain plants and mushrooms that are established causes of acute and chronic neurological disease.

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