EditorialMetals and metalloids in complementary and alternative medicines
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Speciation and bioaccessibility of arsenic in traditional Chinese medicines and assessment of its potential health risk
2018, Science of the Total EnvironmentCitation Excerpt :The significant differences between arsenic concentrations and bioaccessibility in the TCMs could be attributed to the different sources of arsenic in the CPMs and CHMs. It has been proposed that there were three main pathways for toxic metals or metalloids contamination in complementary medicines: (1) contamination during the cultivation of herbal plants, (2) accidental cross-contamination during storage and processing, and (3) the introduction of toxic metals or metalloids as a therapeutic ingredient (Bolan et al., 2016; Reimer and Koch, 2012). The high concentrations of arsenic in the realgar-containing CPMs were mainly attributed to the addition of the arsenical mineral of realgar, while the low bioaccessibility was because of the low solubility of arsenic in the realgar form (As4S4).
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