Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia

Traditional medicines (TM) of herbal origin have been increasingly getting popular in the last few decades. In Malaysia, a significant number of people consume locally available traditional medicine for their health care needs. Due to the wide use of herbal medicines, regulatory authorities expres...

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Main Authors:	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed, Khalid, Reem S., Abbas, Syed Atif
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Language:	English
Published:	Academic Journals 2012
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-250162013-10-29T07:46:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25016/ Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed Khalid, Reem S. Abbas, Syed Atif RS Pharmacy and materia medica Traditional medicines (TM) of herbal origin have been increasingly getting popular in the last few decades. In Malaysia, a significant number of people consume locally available traditional medicine for their health care needs. Due to the wide use of herbal medicines, regulatory authorities express concern about the safety of using these products. Heavy metal content of the medicinal formulation is one of them. Exposure to heavy metals may cause many adverse health effects. This study was designed to determine the toxic heavy metals content in locally available traditional medicine in the East Coast Region of Malaysia. Twenty five samples of TM were collected from different places to identify the concentration of five heavy metals namely Zn, Fe, Pb, Cd and Ni. The determination of Zn and Fe were conducted using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS), while Pb, Cd and Ni analysis were conducted using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (GFAAS). Most of the samples show the presences of those heavy metals with different concentration namely Cd (0.1 to 1.23 ppm), Pb (1.51 to 19.35 ppm), Ni (2.47 to 14.94 ppm), Zn (13.2 to 125 ppm) and Fe (109.4 to 1484.7 ppm Academic Journals 2012-05-29 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25016/1/determination.pdf Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed and Khalid, Reem S. and Abbas, Syed Atif (2012) Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 6 (20). pp. 1487-1491. ISSN 1996-0816 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJPP 10.5897/AJPP12.304
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description	Traditional medicines (TM) of herbal origin have been increasingly getting popular in the last few decades. In Malaysia, a significant number of people consume locally available traditional medicine for their health care needs. Due to the wide use of herbal medicines, regulatory authorities express concern about the safety of using these products. Heavy metal content of the medicinal formulation is one of them. Exposure to heavy metals may cause many adverse health effects. This study was designed to determine the toxic heavy metals content in locally available traditional medicine in the East Coast Region of Malaysia. Twenty five samples of TM were collected from different places to identify the concentration of five heavy metals namely Zn, Fe, Pb, Cd and Ni. The determination of Zn and Fe were conducted using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS), while Pb, Cd and Ni analysis were conducted using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (GFAAS). Most of the samples show the presences of those heavy metals with different concentration namely Cd (0.1 to 1.23 ppm), Pb (1.51 to 19.35 ppm), Ni (2.47 to 14.94 ppm), Zn (13.2 to 125 ppm) and Fe (109.4 to 1484.7 ppm
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author	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed Khalid, Reem S. Abbas, Syed Atif
author_facet	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed Khalid, Reem S. Abbas, Syed Atif
author_sort	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed
title	Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia
title_short	Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia
title_full	Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia
title_fullStr	Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia
title_sort	determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the east coast region of malaysia
publisher	Academic Journals
publishDate	2012
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Determination of heavy metal concentration of different traditional medicine formulations available at the East Coast Region of Malaysia

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