Sulphur fumigation processing of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs: beneficial or detrimental?

Majority of TCM herbs need to undergo post-harvesting processing to convert raw material into the form readily used for prescription. In general, processing procedures are either according to China Pharmacopoeia or based on traditional methods. Recently sulphur fumigation is increasingly used to rep...

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Main Authors: Winnie Lai Ting Kan, Bin eMa, Ge eLin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2011.00084/full