非洲草药的微生物污染,2000-2024年:系统性审查
Wisdom K Ahiabor1, Samuel Darkwah1, Eric S Donkor1
1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana.
Environmental health insights
|November 4, 2024
概括
微生物污染在非洲草药中普遍存在,造成严重的健康风险. 迫切需要更严格的法规和质量控制,以确保消费者安全和传统疗法的完整性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 药理学是指药理学,它是指药理学.
背景情况:
- 草药在全球广泛使用,特别是在非洲,它是农村医疗保健的支柱.
- 非洲草药缺乏监管和测试,这引发了严重的安全问题,主要是由于微生物污染.
- 微生物污染对消费者健康和草药药物的疗效构成直接威胁.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和综合非洲各地草药中微生物污染的证据.
- 提供对微生物污染物的流行程度和类型的全面了解.
- 为了告知公共卫生干预措施,以减轻与受污染的草药相关的风险.
主要方法:
- 根据PRISMA指南进行了系统审查.
- 在主要的科学数据库 (PubMed,科学网,Scopus等) 进行文献搜索. ) 的情况.
- 包括/排除标准适用于来自非洲的50项符合条件的研究,涉及1996年的样本.
主要成果:
- 发现微生物污染的高患病率,在1996年的样本中,有1791个受影响.
- 在98%的研究中报告了细菌污染,其中包括大肠杆菌,金黄色葡萄球菌和Bacillus spp. 这是最常见的.
- 在70%的研究中发生了真菌污染 (Aspergillus spp.,Penicillium spp.,Candida spp. ) 和寄生虫污染率为2%.
结论:
- 非洲的草药经常被各种各样的临床意义上的微生物病原体污染.
- 这些污染物对依赖这些传统疗法的消费者构成重大健康威胁.
- 迫切需要加强非洲草药的监管框架和质量控制措施.
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