A Survey of Aflatoxin Contamination in Medicinal Herbs for Food and Medicine
2014
Jo, S.A., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Lee, S.D., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Kim, D.G., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Lee, H.K., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Jung, S.O., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Kim, K.S., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Yoo. I.S., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea | Jung, K., Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea
The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and contamination levels of aflatoxin in Medicinal Herbs for Food and Medicine at Yakyeang market in seoul. 191 Samples 11 items medicinal herbs for food and medicine were evaluated for the aflatoxin contamination. in result 41 samples 10 items (21.5%) were detected in the alfatoxin, a high incidence of aflatoxins items are cassiae semen (50.0%), testudinis plastrum (43.8%) and Batryticatus Bombyx (40.0%), Polygalae Radix (31.2%), Zizyphi Semen (23.5%), Dolichoris Semen, Myristicae Semen (20.0%), Nelumbinis Semen (15.8%), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (7.4%), Hoveniae Semen Cum Fructus (4.3%). AFB1 were detected 27 cases (14.1%), AFB2, AFG1 and AFG2 were detected 18cases (9.4%), 16cases (8.4%) and 5cases (2.6%). The excess cancer risk estimated using the cancer potency of aflatoxin B1 (7(mg/kg/day)-1 for HBsAg-and 230(mg/kg/day)-1 HBsAg+) was N.D ~ 3.79¡¿10¡�?6 for hepatits B surface antigen negative (HBsAg-) and N.D ~ 9.68¡¿10 ¡�-5 hepatits B surface antigen positive (HBsAg+) respectively.
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