Table 4.

Mycotoxin risk assessment through medicinal herbs dietary supplement tablets consumption

		ENNS			BEA
Sample	Medium recommended dosage (g)	Concentration µg/g	EDI µg/kg bw/ day	%TDI	Concentration µg/g	EDI µg/kg bw/day	%TDI
Valerian	1.4	LBa
		0.057	0.00114	1.15	nd	nd	nd
		UBb
		0.059	0.00118	1.18	nd	nd	nd
Dandelion	1.84	LB
		0.069	0.00183	1.83	nd	nd	nd
		UB
		0.072	0.00188	1.88	nd	nd	nd
Boldus	1.83	LB
		0.0024	6.19e-5	0.062	nd	nd	nd
		UB
		0.0047	0.00012	0.124	nd	nd	nd
Ginger	1.49	LB
		0.0046	9.79e-5	0.098	0.0914	0.0019	1.95
		UB
		0.0067	0.00014	0.14	0.0916	0.002	1.95
Passionflower	1.72	LB
		0.0046	0.00011	0.11	0.018	0.0004	0.43
		UB
		0.0068	0.00017	0.17	0.018	0.0004	0.44
Horsetail	2.13	LB
		0.5114	0.01556	15.56	0.015	0.0005	0.47
		UB
		0.5128	0.0156	15.60	0.016	0.00049	0.49
Cardus Marianus	1.77	LB
		0.877	0.022	22.18	0.136	0.0034	3.43
		UB
		0.878	0.022	22.2	0.137	0.0034	3.46
Devil’s clawroot	1.16	LB
		0.0013	2.1555e5	0.022	nd	nd	nd
		UB
		0.003	4.9727e5	0.05	nd	nd	nd
Whitethorn	1.36	LB
		0.017	0.0003	0.34	0.012	0.0002	0.23
		UB
		0.019	0.0004	0.37	0.013	0.0002	0.24
Lemon balm	0.93	LB
		0.0022	2.9128e-5	0.029	nd	nd	nd
		UB
		0.0044	5.7914e-5	0.058	nd	nd	nd
Herbal mixed for treat insomia	0.85	LB
		0.0004	4.77e-6	0.0048
		UB
		0.0025	3.088e-5	0.031	nd	nd	nd

TDI HT2 and T2 (0.1 μg/kg bw/day) (EFSA, 2014)

^aLB (lower bound);^bUB (upper bound)