Concentration and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some commercial herbal drugs used for cholera treatment in southwest Nigeria-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Concentration and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some commercial herbal drugs used for cholera treatment in southwest Nigeria

Published:2020 Issue:2 Volume:8 Page:214-226
ISSN:2312-3222
Container-title:French-Ukrainian Journal of Chemistry
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Short-container-title:Fr. Ukr. J. Chem.

Author:

Adewale Akintelu Sunday¹,Charles Olugbeko Seyifunmi²,Adekunle Folorunso Femi³,Kolawole Oyebamiji Abel²,Similoluwa Folorunso Aderonke⁴

Affiliation:

1. Beijing Institute of Technology

2. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

3. Osun State University

4. Louisiana State University

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the cancer risk that could be incurred from the use of some anti-cholera herbal drugs sold in Southwest Nigeria. Three most popular anti-cholera herbal drugs were studied. The cancer risk estimation for the drugs at studied population ranges from 7.119 to 0.338 x 10-8 in children, 9.563 to 0.129 x 10-8 in preteen and 9.541 to 5.196 x 10-8 in adult. The cancer risk estimated values are below the USEPA set value 1 x 10-6. This established that the use of these herbal drugs might not lead to cancer if consumed at low dosage.

Publisher

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

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