Potential Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Contamination in Homoeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicinal Products of Herbal Origin

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(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 02, Seite 235 (2019))

Busch J | Kammerer D | Linek M | Steinhoff B | Zeller J

Potential Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Contamination in Homoeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicinal Products of Herbal Origin / Risk Evaluation Strategy: A Concept from Industry · Busch J, Kammerer D, Linek M, Steinhoff B, Zeller J · ¹DHU-Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe und WALA Heilmittel GmbH, Bad Boll/Eckwälden und Weleda AG, Schwäbisch Gmünd und Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e. V. (BAH), Bonn und Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, Baden-Baden
pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) homoeopathic medicinal products anthroposophic medicinal products risk evaluation strategy Since the beginning of the debate about a potential contamination of raw materials used for the production of herbal medicinal products caused by weeds containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) [ 1 , 2 ], the risk of PA contamination for homoeopathic and anthroposophic preparations has also been discussed. Recent data on the potential occurrence of PA in homoeopathic mother tinctures from not genuinely PA-producing plants and critical animal material showed only a low number of positive findings (1.7 % of 577 analyzed samples) [ 3 ]. In these few cases ...