Heavy Metal Contaminations in Herbal Medicines: Determination, Comprehensive Risk Assessments, and Solutions

Heavy Metal Contaminations in Herbal Medicines: Determination, Comprehensive Risk Assessments, and Solutions

Heavy metal contamination in herbal medicines is a global threat to human beings especially at levels above known threshold concentrations. The concentrations of five heavy metals cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and copper (Cu) were investigated using Inductively Coupled Plasma O...

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Main Authors: Lu Luo, Bo Wang, Jingwen Jiang, Martin Fitzgerald, Qin Huang, Zheng Yu, Hui Li, Jiqing Zhang, Jianhe Wei, Chenyuyan Yang, Hui Zhang, Linlin Dong, Shilin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
heavy metal
risk assessment
safety and quality
herbal mecidine
extrinsic contamination
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.595335/full

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