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http://dx.doi.org/10.13103/JFHS.2020.35.4.354

The Content and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Herbal Medicines used for Food and Drug  

Cho, In-Soon (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Su-Jin (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Park, Ae-Suk (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Jin-Ah (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Jang, Jung-Im (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Lee, Sung-Deuk (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Yu, In-Sil (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Shin, Yong-Seung (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.35, no.4, 2020 , pp. 354-364 More about this Journal
Abstract
For this paper we analyzed heavy metals including lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, and conducted risk assessment on 171 types of herbal medicines used as foods and drugs distributed in Seoul's Yangnyeongsi and Kyungdong (Gyeongdong) herbal medicine markets. The concentrations of the heavy metals were measured by the ICP-MS and a mercury analyzer. The detection ranges of the lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury were found to be ND-4.719 mg/kg, ND-1.019 mg/kg, 0.002-8.696 mg/kg and ND-0.058 mg/kg, respectively. Artemisiae Capillaris Herba exceeded the standards of the MFDS (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) for cadmium items, and Actinidiae Ramulus et Fulium et Fructus Vermicultus exceeded the standards for arsenic items. The non-carcinogenic risk assessment showed that there were no items exceeding 1 and that they were safe. The risk of carcinogenicity to lead was below 10-6 in all items and was evaluated as safe. The risk of carcinogenicity of arsenic was almost all in the range of 10-4 to 10-6. All %PTWI are considered to be safe below 100.
Keywords
Herbal medicines; Food and drug; Heavy metals; Risk assessment;
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