Contamination level of Aflatoxins in Traditional Herbal Medicinal products (Jamu and Makjun) marketed in Malaysia.

Suriani Mohamed

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Type :	article
Subject :	R Medicine (General)
Main Author :	Suriani Mohamed
Additional Authors :	Norhayati Ali Nor Azizah Ahmad
Title :	Contamination level of Aflatoxins in Traditional Herbal Medicinal products (Jamu and Makjun) marketed in Malaysia.

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Teknikal dan Vokasional
Year of Publication :	2019
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Safety assessment for traditional herbal medicinal products such as “jamu” and “makjun” in Malaysia include the laboratory tests for heavy metals, microbiology and scheduled poisons. Test for aflatoxins is not included. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is genotoxic and carcinogenic. Its possible contamination in these products should be ruled out. In this study, 12 samples of “jamu” and “makjun”, analyzed using IAC clean-up and HPLC were found to have a mean levels of positive samples (incidence) as 0.97 (17%), 0.24 (17%), 0.92 (8%), 0.30 (8%) and 1.82 (17%) µg/kg, and the range was 0.94 - 0.99, 0.06 - 0.42, 0.92, 0.30 and 1.00 - 2.63 µg/kg, for AFB1, AFB2, AFG1,AFG2 and total AF, respectively. Low contamination level might be attributed to the antifungal effects of some medicinal herbs.

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