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Conditions governing the use of plants or other substances
1. Dietary supplements Annex 3 to Decree No 225/2008 Coll., stipulates the conditions governing the use of some plants and other substances in dietary supplements, in terms of their maximum permissible amounts in daily doses. To facilitate orientation, the overview of these plants and substances is provided in the following table.
2. Cosmetic products:
| Ingredient | Recommended maximum daily dose in a dietary supplement |
| Cimicifuga racemosa – Dried root, rhizome | 20mg |
| Citrus aurantii – Extract (converted to the amount of synephrine) | 10 mg synephrine |
| Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna – Dried leaves, blossoms, fruit | 200 mg |
| Dioscorea sp. – Dried tuber | 100 mg |
| Echinacea sp. – Dried root, herb | 500 mg |
| Garcinia cambogia – Peel (converted to the amount of HCA) | 2000 mg HCA |
| Ginkgo biloba – Standardised 24/6 leaf extract | 40 mg |
| Ginkgo biloba – Dried leaves | 2500 mg |
| Hypericum perforatum – Dried herb | 300 mg |
| Panax ginseng – Dried root | 1000 mg |
| Ptychopetalum olacoides (Muira puama) – Dried wood | 500 mg |
| Rhodiola rosea – Standardised root extract (4% of rosavin) | 100 mg |
| Schisandra chinensis – Dried fruit | 600 mg |
| Tabebuia impetiginosa – Dried cortex | 3000 mg |
| Tribulus terrestris – Dried herb, fruit | 2000 mg |
| Turnera diffusa (Damiana) – Dried leaves | 1000 mg |
| Uncaria tomentosa – Dried root | 1000 mg |
| Valeriana officinalis – Dried root | 500 mg |
| acetylkarnitin | 500 mg |
| DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol) | 20 mg |
| Kyselina orotová | 50 mg |
| Pycnogenol | 100 mg |
| Taurin | 2000 mg |
2. Cosmetic products:
Annex 3 to Decree No 26/2001 Coll., as amended, stipulates the list of substances permissible in cosmetic products only with a restriction, incl. the maximum permissible concentrations of selected substances and conditions of use. Due to its scope, the text is not provided here; please refer to the above specified Annex.