Determination of the contents of five heavy metals in artificial musk.

Author: Wei LIU ¹ ; Qin-Wen ZOU ² ; Xian-Long CHENG ¹ ; Ming-Hua LI ¹ ; Jia CHEN ¹ ; Xuan XIAO ³ ; Feng WEI ¹ ; Shu ZHANG ² ; Shuang-Cheng MA ¹
Author Information

1. Institute for Control of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Ethnic Medicine,National Institutes for Food and Drug Control,Beijing 100050,China.
2. Department of Technology,Beijing Lianxin Pharmaceutic Co.,Ltd,Beijing 102628,China.
3. Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,Institute of Materia Medica,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100050,China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Drugs, Chinese Herbal; chemistry; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; chemistry; Hazardous Substances; analysis; Metals, Heavy; analysis; Quality Control
From: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2014;36(6):610-613
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the safety of artificial musk by determining its content of five hazard heavy metals.
METHODThe contents of Pb, Cd,As,Hg,and Cu in artificial musk were detected using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry.
RESULTThe contents of Pb,Cd,As,Hg,and Cu was less than 0.35,0.05,0.30,0.20,and 4.50 mg/kg in artificial musk.
CONCLUSIONArtificial musk has low contents of heavy metals and therefore meets the safety and quality requirments.