Combined DNA, toxicological and heavy metal analyses provides an auditing toolkit to improve pharmacovigilance of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Coghlan, Megan L ^a   Maker, Garth ^b   Crighton, Elly ^b   Haile, James ^a   Murray, Dáithí C ^a   White, Nicole E ^a   Byard, Roger W ^c,d   Bellgard, Matthew I ^b   Mullaney, Ian ^b   Trengove, Robert ^b   Allcock, Richard J N ^e,f   Nash, Christine ^d   Hoban, Claire ^c   Jarrett, Kevin ^a   Edwards, Ross ^a   Musgrave, Ian F ^c   Bunce, Michael ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMISTRY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOXICITY TESTING;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; METALS, HEAVY; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84949657290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17475     Document Type: Article

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