Review on the Pollution of Heavy Metal in Herbal Medicines and the Strategies
MENG Tong
LI Shi-xia
CHEN Kun
Abstract：Herbal medicines are sometimes contaminated with toxic heavy metals which impose seri‐ous health risks to consumers .Objective:To provide a comprehensive review of the current analytical methods used to detect heavy metals in herbal medicines and coping‐strategies .Methodology :The re‐search articles regarding analytical methods for heavy metals in herbal medicine were systematically searched and reviewed from various databases ,such as Medline/PubMed ,ScienceDirect ,cnki ,and ISI Web of Knowledge .Results :In this review ,sources of herbal medicines was invested ,different analyti‐cal methods for analysis of heavy metals in herbal medicines are discussed .We also provide some strate‐gies relieving heavy metals damage .Conclusion:It is critical to analyze source materials for heavy metals in order to ensure that their concentrations meet the related standards or regulations limiting their con‐centrations in herbal medicines .
Keywords：herbal medicinesheavy metalpollution
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-28(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 44-47,57 )