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Ashwagandha: Is It Safe? Part 1: A Regulatory Review

Phytotherapy Research, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 4845-4857, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, ashwagandha ( Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, AS) has been brought under increasing scrutiny by EU regulators regarding its safety for the use in food supplements, culminating in a recent recommendation for an Article 8 procedure according to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 in the European Union (EU).
T. Brendler, R. Al‐Mondhiry, L. Lang, R. Marles, M. Tallon, A. Raghu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Illicit Street Heroin Seized in Pakistan by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) for Identification of Adulterants and Impurities. [PDF]

Int J Anal Chem
Usman M, Baig Y, Naseer A, Nardiello D, Quinto M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Safety Evaluation of an Aqueous Root and Leaf Extract of Ashwagandha ( Withania somnifera )

Phytotherapy Research, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 5030-5047, August 2026.
Sensoril, an aqueous root and leaf extract of ashwagandha showed no evidence of mutagenicity in the in vitro Ames assay, was negative in the in vitro micronucleus, in vivo mammalian bone marrow chromosome aberration assays, and was well tolerated in the rat at up to 4000 mg/kg BW/day when administered orally for a period of 90 days. The data from these
Mukesh Summan, Candace L. Doepker, Gregory P. Brorby   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Targeted Hyperspectral Imaging Screening of Adulterants and Congeneric Species in <i>Fritillaria</i> Using a Deep Spectral Autoencoder. [PDF]

Foods
Huang Z, Chen K, Ding H, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Li H, Liu Z, Yan F, Dai Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

One‐Year Reattendance Rates to the Emergency Department for Acute Illicit Drug Exposure in Western Australia: A Retrospective Registry Study

Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Determine 1‐year emergency department (ED) drug‐related reattendance rates of patients enrolled in the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia across five Western Australian hospitals. Methods Index presentations and 1‐year reattendances were extracted.
Courtney C. Weber, Daniel M. Fatovich, Ellie M. Kotkis, Jennifer L. Smith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maleic acid assisted facile plasmonic chip for assessment of adulterants in cattle milk. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Das U, Dhar T, Biswas R, Mazumder N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Temporal and geographical patterns of nitazene detections in drug samples and biospecimens in the United States, 2019–2024

Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 8, Page 2019-2032, August 2026.
Abstract Background and aims Nitazenes are a novel subclass of synthetic opioids that have been increasingly implicated in the United States (US) overdose crisis. Despite their growing presence in the illicit drug supply, national trends have not been systematically evaluated.
David T. Zhu, Nicole D. Fitzgerald, Joseph J. Palamar, Alex J. Krotulski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic review of undeclared prohibited substances and pharmacological adulterants in dietary supplements: prevalence, detection, and risks in sport. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Al-Saad N, Aljaal S, Alessa J, Santhosh ME.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

High temporal resolution monitoring of illicit drug consumption across England via wastewater analysis

Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 8, Page 2043-2059, August 2026.
Abstract Aim To monitor community‐level consumption of 20 illicit drugs across urban areas of England using wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance at high temporal resolution. Design, setting, cases This study was conducted over a 12‐month period in 2022 sampling 24‐hour composite wastewater samples at 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs ...
Helena Rapp‐Wright, Keng Tiong Ng, Derryn Grant, William Francis, Margarita White, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Yuxing Liu, Konstantina Dimakopoulou, Sofia Zafeiratou, Dylan Wood, Chryshanthi Christy, Stav Friedman, Timothy W. Gant, Klea Katsouyanni, Leon P. Barron   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Concern: Lidocaine Adulterated "Purple Fentanyl" in the Midwest. [PDF]

Kans J Med
Singh S, Perchellet M, Troupe S, Sethi R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source