Status and Control of Radicidation of Tranditional Chinese Medicine
- VernacularTitle: 中药的辐照灭菌现状与监管
- Author:
Tong LIN
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Control; Radicidation; Status; Traditional Chinese medicine
- From: Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal 2019;54(17):1442-1447
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: OBJECTIVE： To investigate the status and control suggestions of radicidation of tranditional Chinese medicine. METHODS： This paper focuses on the status, detection and regulation involved with radicidation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and provides suggestions on control of irradiated TCM. RESULTS： Irradiation sterilization method has many applications in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Radicidation can kill microorganisms effectively and may affect the active ingredients in TCM meanwhile. Testing standards and regulatory regulations for traditional Chinese medicine irradiation are established and improved gradually. CONCLUSION： Irradiation is an efficient, low-cost and good applicability sterilization method which can improve the hygienic quality of medicines. Therefore, rational utilization of irradiation is conducive to guarantee both quality and safety of TCM, and will have a broader application prospect in the production of TCM.
