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Title: Assessment report on Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott et Endl. and its varieties and Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott et Endl., semen
Author(s): Dezsó Csupor
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
Type: Report
page count: 26 pages
Summary: This investigative report by the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products of the European Medicines Agency intensively deals with the physical effects of kola consumption and extensively analyzes the existing studies and animal experiments on the health risks of kola consumption. The report pays particular attention to the effects on infants, unborn children, and mothers. It concludes that kola can be of health concern due to its caffeine content in high doses, but in everyday use by adults with usual doses, there is no health risk.
Link: Assessment Report on Cola nitida und cola acuminata - available via EMA
Source: EMA/HMPC/722365/2010, Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC)