Determination of lead in Smilax luzonensis herbal preparations in Malaysia

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-171

  Ang, Hooi Hoon ^a   Lee, Kheng Leng ^a   Kiyoshi, Matsumoto ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Drug control authority malaysia; Herbal preparations; Lead determination; Quality requirements for traditional medicines; Smilax luzonensis

Indexed keywords

ACE CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; BM RANCANG TEMBAGA; BUMI RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA EXTRA; CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; EXTRA CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; EXTRA CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; FORCE CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; FORCE CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; GOLD BOX RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; GREAT CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; GREAT CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; HERBA RAMBO RANCANG TEMBAGA; JIWA GREAT CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; JIWA SUPER CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; JIWA TENDER CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; LEAD; M RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; MAAJUN PAK TANI RANCANG TEMBAGA; MAAJUN PETANI RANCANG TEMBAGA; MAAJUN RANCANG TEMBAGA; OLD PRIME RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX RANCANG TEMBAGA; RADIX RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; SHITEK CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; SMILAX LUZONENSIS EXTRACT; SUPER CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; SUPER CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; TENDER CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA; TENDER CAPSULE RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; UMMIRA RANCANG TEMBAGA PLUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION; DRUG CONTROL; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; MALAYSIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; SMILAX LUZONENSIS;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MALAYSIA; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMILAX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

SMILAX;

EID: 22244435903     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810590952942     Document Type: Article

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