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@article{171077,
        author = {Zahid Ayoub and Azhar Ishaq and Benjamin Morndolopaye and Shahab Ahmad and Gunjot Singh and Anchal Dhawan and Diksha Sharma},
        title = {Traditional plant-based medications and herbal remedies: health, safety and quality problems},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {2065-2075},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=171077},
        abstract = {Herbal therapies and plant-based medications are regarded as pure, safe, and healthful because they come from Herbal therapies and plant-based medications are regarded as pure, safe, and healthful because they come from natural resources. However, consumers need to know more about the efficacy, safety, and general health of these items given the rising acceptance and usage of herbal remedies and a plant-based traditional therapies.Most medical plant material is collected from wild stocks, where a variety of plant-based chemical elements are produced as a result of both extrinsic and intrinsic conditions.Plant material containing differing amounts of physiologically active chemicals may influence the medication's safety and efficacy. In addition, plants emit secondary metabolites that can repel, poison, or even kill harmful species.
Therefore, certain physiologically active second-generation metabolites may have genotoxic, mutagenic, or cancer-causing properties.Contaminants from manmade or natural sources frequently degrade the effectiveness of herbal therapies and traditional medications, leading to negative side effects or even death. This essay offers an extensive understanding of the biotic and abiotic elements that could influence the variation in bioactive concentrations.Furthermore, pollutants that could degrade traditional medicine quality and cause unfavorable side effects are examined, and data on poisonings following Significant issues are raised by the usage of traditional medicine.},
        keywords = {Negative side effects, biologically active substances, contamination poisoning quality, secondary compounds.},
        month = {December},
        }