Cadmium in herbal weight loss products as a health risk factor for consumers
Article Category: Original Study
Publié en ligne: 13 mai 2022
Pages: 165 - 173
Reçu: 13 juil. 2021
Accepté: 10 mars 2022
© 2022 Grzegorz Dziubanek et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Cadmium concentration in the samples of the herbal weight loss infusions (mg Cd/L)
Sample no. |
Manufacturer |
Cadmium concentration (mg Cd/L) |
1a |
I |
0.039 |
2a |
II |
0.024 |
3a |
III |
0.045 |
4a |
IV |
0.029 |
5a |
V |
0.023 |
6a |
VI |
0.038 |
7a |
VII |
0.041 |
8a |
VIII |
0.014 |
9a |
IX |
0.036 |
10a |
X |
0.026 |
11a |
XI |
0.041 |
12a |
XII |
0.030 |
13a |
XII |
0.003 |
14a |
VII |
< LOQ |
15a |
XIV |
< LOQ |
16a |
XV |
< LOQ |
17a |
XVI |
< LOQ |
18a |
XVII |
0.023 |
19a |
XVIII |
0.020 |
20a |
XIX |
0.027 |
21a |
XX |
0.020 |
22a |
XXI |
0.024 |
23a |
XXII |
0.020 |
24a |
XXIII |
< LOQ |
25a |
XXIV |
< LOQ |
26a |
XXV |
< LOQ |
27a |
XXVI |
0.001 |
28a |
XXVII |
0.017 |
29a |
XXVIII |
0.002 |
Health risk for consumers due to exposure to cadmium in herbal loss weight infusions according to specific exposure scenarios
Sample no. |
Hazard Quotient (HQ) |
Exposure scenario |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1a |
0.139 |
0.279 |
0.418 |
2a |
0.086 |
0.171 |
0.257 |
3a |
0.161 |
0.321 |
0.482 |
4a |
0.104 |
0.207 |
0.311 |
5a |
0.082 |
0.164 |
0.246 |
6a |
0.136 |
0.271 |
0.407 |
7a |
0.146 |
0.293 |
0.439 |
8a |
0.050 |
0.100 |
0.150 |
9a |
0.129 |
0.257 |
0.386 |
10a |
0.093 |
0.186 |
0.279 |
11a |
0.146 |
0.293 |
0.439 |
12a |
0.107 |
0.214 |
0.321 |
13a |
0.011 |
0.021 |
0.032 |
14a |
- |
- |
- |
15a |
- |
- |
- |
16a |
- |
- |
- |
17a |
- |
- |
- |
18a |
0.082 |
0.164 |
0.246 |
19a |
0.071 |
0.143 |
0.214 |
20a |
0.096 |
0.193 |
0.289 |
21a |
0.071 |
0.143 |
0.214 |
22a |
0.086 |
0.171 |
0.257 |
23a |
0.071 |
0.143 |
0.214 |
24a |
- |
- |
- |
25a |
- |
- |
- |
26a |
- |
- |
- |
27a |
0.004 |
0.007 |
0.011 |
28a |
0.061 |
0.121 |
0.182 |
29a |
0.007 |
0.014 |
0.021 |
Exposure of consumers of herbal weight loss products (infusions) to cadmium depending on the exposure scenario (µg Cd/kg/day)
Sample no. |
Dose µg Cd/kg/day |
Exposure scenario |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1a |
0.139 |
0.279 |
0.418 |
2a |
0.086 |
0.171 |
0.257 |
3a |
0.161 |
0.321 |
0.482 |
4a |
0.104 |
0.207 |
0.311 |
5a |
0.082 |
0.164 |
0.246 |
6a |
0.136 |
0.271 |
0.407 |
7a |
0.146 |
0.293 |
0.439 |
8a |
0.050 |
0.100 |
0.150 |
9a |
0.129 |
0.257 |
0.386 |
10a |
0.093 |
0.186 |
0.279 |
11a |
0.146 |
0.293 |
0.439 |
12a |
0.107 |
0.214 |
0.321 |
13a |
0.011 |
0.021 |
0.032 |
14a |
- |
- |
- |
15a |
- |
- |
- |
16a |
- |
- |
- |
17a |
- |
- |
- |
18a |
0.082 |
0.164 |
0.246 |
19a |
0.071 |
0.143 |
0.214 |
20a |
0.096 |
0.193 |
0.289 |
21a |
0.071 |
0.143 |
0.214 |
22a |
0.086 |
0.171 |
0.257 |
23a |
0.071 |
0.143 |
0.214 |
24a |
- |
- |
- |
25a |
- |
- |
- |
26a |
- |
- |
- |
27a |
0.004 |
0.007 |
0.011 |
28a |
0.061 |
0.121 |
0.182 |
29a |
0.007 |
0.014 |
0.021 |
Cadmium concentration in the samples of dried mass of herbal weight loss products (mg Cd/kg dry matter)
Sample no. |
Manufacturer |
Cadmium concentration (mg Cd/kg dry matter) |
1 |
I |
0.09 |
2 |
II |
0.11 |
3 |
III |
0.24 |
4 |
IV |
0.12 |
5 |
V |
0.08 |
6 |
VI |
0.24 |
7 |
VII |
0.16 |
8 |
VIII |
0.08 |
9 |
IX |
0.08 |
10 |
X |
0.09 |
11 |
XI |
0.11 |
12 |
XII |
0.09 |
13 |
XII |
0.04 |
14 |
VII |
0.02 |
15 |
XIV |
< LOQ |
16 |
XV |
< LOQ |
17 |
XVI |
< LOQ |
18 |
XVII |
0.09 |
19 |
XVIII |
0.09 |
20 |
XIX |
0.08 |
21 |
XX |
0.14 |
22 |
XXI |
0.15 |
23 |
XXII |
0.09 |
24 |
XXIII |
< LOQ |
25 |
XXIV |
< LOQ |
26 |
XXV |
0.04 |
27 |
XXVI |
0.04 |
28 |
XXVII |
0.29 |
29 |
XXVIII |
0.01 |