Investigations regarding the mycotic load in several products obtained from plants developing in the Transylvanian spontaneous flora, used in treating various diseases in man and animal.

Publication Type

Contribution to conference

Authors

Dancea, Z., Morar, M.V., Macri, A., Bele, C., Szakacs, A., Schlezak, V. and Drochner W.

Year of publication

2006

Published in

28. Mykotoxin Workshop. Kurzfassungen der Vorträge.

Editor

Society for Mycotoxin Research

Series/labeling

Mykotoxin-Workshop

Page (from - to)

112

Conference location

Bydgoszcz (Polen)

Conference date

29.-31.05.2006

Keywords

mycotic load, plant health, Romania

Literature data, starting with ancient authors up to our days, offer innumerable evidence of so-called miracles in medicine. On the other hand, it is a proven fact that remedies found in plants cannot be easily replaced in the treatment of diseases, in health maintenance and in preserving longevity. The Flora of Romania is very rich in medicinal plants and the population's interest in its therapeutic potential is ever increasing. Mostly during this last decade or so, besides the struggle for developing naturist medical practices, one can encounter numberless misdemeanors in so far as the legal and moral norms are concerned. However, many so-called healers have recently shown up and their scientific knowledge is either wanting or downright fraudulent. Moreover, some of the practices manage to escape the net of the law or, are consequences of faulty legislation. Our research work have focused on the fruit quality of Hippophaë rhamnoides L, i.e. sea-buckthorn, plant growing in the spontaneous flora of this country, yielding considerable quantities of foodstuffs and medicinal products. Material and Method. Within the 15th and 20th of October, there were drawn a number of 15 samples of Hippophaë ructus. Of these, 5 samples of fruit dried at 50-60° (BBM drier, Germany), packed in paper bags and stored in view of pharmaceutical processing and 10 samples of fresh fruit, available on the free market and sold for the purpose of preparing juice, syrup, jam, wine, liqueur, jelly or marmalade. These were submitted to several determinations: -taste analyses; hectoliter weight; gross chemical composition (in accordance with the Weende scheme); fatty-acids profile in oil by having used gaschromatography; bacteriological examinations (NTG/g) by inseminations on agar broth incubated at 37° and, mycological examination (inseminations on solid Sabouraud medium, incubation at 24°, followed by reading and result interpretation within 3 days, and 6 days respectively from incubation).....