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Systematic evaluation of organochlorine pesticide residues in Chinese materia medica
- Source :
- Phytotherapy Research. 19:514-518
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2005.
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Abstract
- A systematic evaluation on the levels of organochlorine pesticide residues (OCP) was conducted on four selected, authentic Chinese materia medica, namely: Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Notoginseng, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Radix Ginseng. Altogether ten representative batches of samples were analysed for each herb. Six batches were collected in the major cultivation areas of the Mainland whilst the remaining four batches were procured in the Hong Kong herbal market. All except Radix Angelicae Sinensis have been identified as containing quintozene and hexachlorocyclohexane in various levels. Hexachlorobenzene and lindane were also reported in samples of Radix Ginseng. The banned pesticide, DDT and its derivatives, was also observed in one of the Radix Notoginseng samples. The investigation will be continued for a target list of common used herbs in Hong Kong. All the results will be gathered and analysed for setting up regulatory permissible limits of OCP residues in Chinese materia medica used in Hong Kong.
- Subjects :
- food.ingredient
Hexachlorocyclohexane
Materia medica
Panax
Food Contamination
Salvia miltiorrhiza
DDT
chemistry.chemical_compound
Ginseng
food
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology
Plants, Medicinal
Traditional medicine
Plant Extracts
business.industry
Angelica sinensis
Pesticide Residues
Reproducibility of Results
Organochlorine pesticide
Hexachlorobenzene
Pesticide
chemistry
Herb
Materia Medica
Lindane
business
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Phytotherapy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10991573 and 0951418X
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Phytotherapy Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....47f702e0a67042fc060de2fdcdc8c875
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.1694