Organism - Origanum vulgare
NHPID name:
Origanum vulgare
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Medicinal
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Classified as an NHP under Schedule 1, item 1 (a plant or a plant material) of the Natural Health Products Regulations.
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The quantity or concentration of carvacrol in all applicable essential oils or extracts must be declared. Not applicable to whole herb preparations: Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.
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