Mexican use of lead in the treatment of empacho: Community, clinic, and longitudinal patterns

Baer, Roberta D.; Alba, Javier García; Leal, Rosa Mares; Campos, Ana Rosa Plascencia; Goslin, Neill

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00183-x

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“…A comprehensive study carried out by Saper et al (2004) on herbal medicinal products concluded that samples collected in India contained significant amounts of heavy metals (64% had mercury, 41% had arsenic, and 9% had cadmium). Even the traditional medicines from China, Malaysia, Mexico, Africa and the Middle East have also been shown to contain heavy metals (Ang et al, 2003;Baer et al, 1998;Ko, 1998;Lekouch et al, 2001). Such contamination can lead to serious harm to patients taking such remedies and could also interfere with the assessment of safety in a clinical trial.…”

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DNA barcoding: an efficient tool to overcome authentication challenges in the herbal market

Mishra

Kumar

Nagireddy

et al. 2015

Plant Biotechnology Journal

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biological reference material herbal barcode library. SummaryThe past couple of decades have witnessed global resurgence of herbal-based health care. As a result, the trade of raw drugs has surged globally. Accurate and fast scientific identification of the plant(s) is the key to success for the herbal drug industry. The conventional approach is to engage an expert taxonomist, who uses a mix of traditional and modern techniques for precise plant identification. However, for bulk identification at industrial scale, the process is protracted and time-consuming. DNA barcoding, on the other hand, offers an alternative and feasible taxonomic tool box for rapid and robust species identification. For the success of DNA barcode, the barcode loci must have sufficient information to differentiate unambiguously between closely related plant species and discover new cryptic species. For herbal plant identification, matK, rbcL, trnH-psbA, ITS, trnL-F, 5S-rRNA and 18S-rRNA have been used as successful DNA barcodes. Emerging advances in DNA barcoding coupled with next-generation sequencing and high-resolution melting curve analysis have paved the way for successful species-level resolution recovered from finished herbal products. Further, development of multilocus strategy and its application has provided new vistas to the DNA barcode-based plant identification for herbal drug industry. For successful and acceptable identification of herbal ingredients and a holistic quality control of the drug, DNA barcoding needs to work harmoniously with other components of the systems biology approach. We suggest that for effectively resolving authentication challenges associated with the herbal market, DNA barcoding must be used in conjunction with metabolomics along with need-based transcriptomics and proteomics.

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Section: Prevalent False Advertising/labelling Malpractices In the Hementioning

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DNA barcoding: an efficient tool to overcome authentication challenges in the herbal market

Mishra

Kumar

Nagireddy

et al. 2015

Plant Biotechnology Journal

269

181

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“…10 In 22 out of 28 Ayurvedic HMPs purchased in India, 64% contained lead and mercury, and 41% contained arsenic. 11 Traditional medicines from China, 12 Malaysia, 13 Mexico, 14 Africa 15 and the Middle East 16 have also been shown to contain heavy metals.…”

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Heavy Metal Profile of Shilajit Samples Obtained from Gilgit and Chellas, Pakistan

Rahim¹,

Mohammadzai²,

Hassan³

et al. 2016

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“…Pottery and food products imported from Mexico may contain lead, [16][17][18] and some Hispanic families use traditional Mexican remedies that contain lead. 19,20 Childhood lead poisoning has traditionally been considered an affliction of inner-city urban areas, and national data show a higher prevalence of lead poisoning in urban areas. 7,21 Yet, we found more lead poisoning in rural children.…”

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Childhood Lead Poisoning in Washington State: A Statewide Survey

Ossiander

Mueller

VanEnwyk

2005

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Although childhood lead poisoning is an important health issue in the United States, it is not distributed evenly across the country. To estimate the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in Washington State, the authors conducted a birth certificate follow-back survey of 1- to 2-year-old children. Interviewers visited participating families at their homes to conduct blood lead tests with a portable testing device. The estimated prevalence of lead poisoning for all 1- to 2-year-old children in the state was 0.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.3-2.7); for Hispanic children in central Washington, it was 3.7% (95% CI: 1.3-10.2), and their risk of lead poisoning was significantly higher than that of all other children in the state (relative risk [RR] = 5.8, 95% CI: 1.3-24.9). Lead poisoning prevalence in Washington State children is lower than the US average and is highest among Hispanic children in central Washington.

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Mexican use of lead in the treatment of empacho: Community, clinic, and longitudinal patterns

Cited by 24 publications

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DNA barcoding: an efficient tool to overcome authentication challenges in the herbal market

DNA barcoding: an efficient tool to overcome authentication challenges in the herbal market

Heavy Metal Profile of Shilajit Samples Obtained from Gilgit and Chellas, Pakistan

Childhood Lead Poisoning in Washington State: A Statewide Survey

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