Comparative analysis of the requirements of foreign pharmacopoeias to the quality of medicinal vegetable raw materials for the content of heavy metals
AUTHORS : Gravel I.V. | Plykina E.A.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Moscow Medical Academy named after I.M.Sechenov, Moscow
YEAR : 2010
As a result of environmental pollution, various ecotoxicants accumulate in medicinal plants, among which heavy metals are one of the most dangerous. As it was established earlier, the content of heavy metals in medicinal plant raw materials can reach high concentrations and exceed their content in food products. However, in the domestic pharmacopoeia, the content of heavy metals in medicinal plant raw materials is not standardized. The article presents analytical materials on the
levels of heavy metals in medicinal plant raw materials supplied to the world pharmaceutical market from different countries in 1978-2008, and an analysis of the quality requirements of a number of foreign pharmacopoeias (European, UK, Japan, Belarus, USA). medicinal plant materials for the
content of heavy metals, Key words: heavy metals, medicinal plant raw materials, quality requirements.