Authors
Ellie JY Kim, Yuling Chen, Johnson Q Huang, Kong M Li, Valentina Razmovski-Naumovski, Josiah Poon, Kelvin Chan, Basil D Roufogalis, Andrew J McLachlan, Sui-Lin Mo, Depo Yang, Meicun Yao, Zhaolan Liu, Jianping Liu, George Q Li
Publication date
2013/3/7
Source
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Volume
146
Issue
1
Pages
40-61
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE
While there is an increasing number of toxicity report cases and toxicological studies on Chinese herbal medicines, the guidelines for toxicity evaluation and scheduling of Chinese herbal medicines are lacking.
AIM
The aim of this study was to review the current literature on potentially toxic Chinese herbal medicines, and to develop a scheduling platform which will inform an evidence-based regulatory framework for these medicines in the community.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The Australian and Chinese regulations were used as a starting point to compile a list of potentially toxic herbs. Systematic literature searches of botanical and pharmaceutical Latin name, English and Chinese names and suspected toxic chemicals were conducted on Medline, PubMed and Chinese CNKI databases.
RESULTS
Seventy-four Chinese herbal medicines were identified and five of …
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