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Hydroxyanthracenes (anthraquinones)

In the body: Plant compounds with a laxative effect; some damage DNA and caused tumours in animal studies.

Not rated by dose: a flag on one reviewed food, raw rhubarb.

Background. Shown, not scored: no dose basis at normal intake, a classification rather than a risk, or legal limits only.

All hazards

The reference value and where it comes from

  • The agency’s figureno agency dose value
  • BasisEFSA ANS 2018: safety of hydroxyanthracene derivatives
  • Source EFSA 2018

Reviewed foods that carry it

1 reviewed food carries it; none is rated by dose.

How often you can eat it

No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.

Flags and context, not rated by dose

  • Rhubarb, raw

    Context

    EFSA 2018 · grade B

    How it’s rated

    Context only, no rating: the EFSA opinion concerns laxative preparations and supplements (root and rhizome); it gives no concentration for culinary petioles.

    Intake: one 140 g serving a day (85 g is the alternative), 70 kg adult

    Measured on: not measured for culinary stalks in any source opened

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