Plant Substances not permitted in foods or food supplements IMB Draft Guideline
Botanical name Synonym EMA Prescription
monograph status * Aconitum napellus (L) Aconite (Wolfsbane or X POM monkshood) Aloe barbadensis Aloes ✓ - Anamirta cocculus (L) Cocculus indicus, Fishberries X POM Aristolochia species “Fangji” “Mu Tong” X POM Asclepias Tuberosa Pilewort X - Atropa belladonna (L) Belladonna Herb and Root X POM Cassia angustifolia Senna ✓ - Caulophyllum Blue Cohosh; Squawroot X POM thalictroides (L) Cephaelis ipecacuanha ipecacuanha X - Chelidonium majus Greater Celandine X - Cimicifuga racemosa Black Cohosh ✓ - Claviceps purpurea Ergot, prepared X POM Colchicum autumnale Autumn crocus X POM Conium maculatum (L) Hemlock leaf X POM Convolvulus scammonia Scammony X Coutarea latiflora Copalchi X - Croton tiglium (L) Croton oil and seeds X POM Curare X POM Cytisus scoparium (L) Broom X POM Datura stramonium Thornapple X Hyoscine POM Digitalis Purpurea (L) Foxglove leaves X POM
Echinacea pallida Pale coneflower ✓ -
Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower ✓ - Ephedra species Ma Huang X POM Gelsemium nitidum (L) Jasmine; Wild Woodbine X POM Ginkgo biloba (L) Maidenhair ✓ POM Griffonia simplicifolia Griffonia X - Harpagophytum Devil’s claw ✓ - procumbens Hyoscyamus niger Henbane X POM Hyoscine Hypericum perforatum St John’s Wort ✓ - (L) Iris versicolor Blue flag X - Lobelia inflata Indian tobacco X POM (lobeline)
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Plant Substances not permitted in foods or food supplements IMB Draft Guideline
Botanical name Synonym EMA Prescription
monograph status Mandragora autumnalis Mandrake X POM (Bertol) Medicinal opium X POM/MDA Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal X - Papaver somniferum (L) Opium poppy X POM/MDA Pausinystalia yohimba Yohimbe Bark X POM (K.Schum) Phytolacca species Pokeroot X POM Pilocarpus jaborandi Jaborandi X POM (Holmes) Piper methysticum Kava kava X Piscidia piscipula Jamaica Dogwood X - Podophyllum resin X POM (>20%MS) Podopyllum Species X POM Pulsatilla spp. - X - Ranunculus ficaria X - Rauwolfia serpentina (L) Pilewort X POM Rauwolfia vomitoria X POM (Afzel)
Rhamnus purshiana Cascara ✓ - Salvia divinorum X - Sassafras species Sassafras bark, root and oil; X POM Aguetree; Cinnamon wood; Saloop Schoenocaulon officinale Sabadilla X POM (Schlect & Chain) Scutellaria Spp. Skullcap X - Senecio jacobaea (L) Ragwort X POM
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto X - Senecio aureus Liferoot X - Solanum dulcamarum X Solanum nigrum X Stephania spp X Strychnos ignatii (Berg) Ignatia bean X POM Strychnos nux vomica Nuxvomica seeds X POM (L) Symphytum species Comfrey X POM Symplocarpus foetidus Skunk cabbage X - Tabebuia species Pau d’Arco; Lapacho X - 2
Plant Substances not permitted in foods or food supplements IMB Draft Guideline
Botanical name Synonym EMA Prescription
monograph status Teucrium species Germander X - Tribulus terrestris (L) X POM
Valeriana officinalis Valerian root ✓ - Veratrum album (L) White hellebore X POM Veratrum viride (Ait) Green hellebore X POM Viscum album (L) Mistletoe X POM Vitex agnus-castus Chasteberry X - Zanthoxylum Northern Prickly Ash X - americanum Zanthoxylum clava- Southern Prickly Ash X - herculis
* POM indicates the substance is controlled in Ireland as a prescription medicine under the terms of the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations, 2003-2008.
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