ArticleSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2019
Are dietary supplements containing plant-derived ingredients safe microbiologically?
Article in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Preliminary Quality and Safety Evaluation of Lycopene-Based Dietary Supplements: Analysis of Active Compound Content, Microbiological Purity, and Chemical Contaminants.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cultivation to consumption: strengthening bacterial safety in plant-based nutraceuticals.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Nanopore-based amplicon sequencing for rapid detection and identification ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Functional immune boosters; the herb or its dead microbiome? Antigenic TLR4 agonist MAMPs found in 65 medicinal roots and algae's.Journal of functional foods · 2023Article
- Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant, Antiproliferative, and Antimicrobial Properties ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Assessing the Performance of Food Safety Management System Using Food Safety Management System Diagnostic Tools and Microbial Assessment Scheme: A Case of Powdered Beverage Manufacturers.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2021Article
- Nutraceuticals: Transformation of Conventional Foods into Health Promoters/Disease Preventers and Safety Considerations.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilm Formation, and Presence of Genes Encoding Virulence Factors in Strains Isolated from the Pharmaceutical Production Environment.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Risks of Skin, Hair, and Nail Supplements.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2020Review
- Quality of Dietary Supplements Containing Plant-Derived Ingredients Reconsidered by Microbiological Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Poor chemical and microbiological quality of the commercial milk thistle-based dietary supplements may account for their reported unsatisfactory and non-reproducible clinical outcomes.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Dietary supplements, particularly those containing ingredients of natural origin, may contain microbiological contaminants, both bacterial and fungal. The present study evaluated the microbiological purity of selected dietary supplements containing plant-based ingredients before their release to the market, as well as raw materials of plant origin which are used in the production of such supplements. A total of 122 samples of supplements and 30 materials of plant origin were studied, with 92.1% exhibiting different degrees of bacterial contamination. Eight samples (5.3%) were contaminated by aerobic bacteria in amounts exceeding 10
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