A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products

Traditional medicine (TM) has been used since ages, during the past few decades there was a notable global increase in TM usage. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) around 70% of world population relies on traditional healing system for their basic health care needs. The broad use of...

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Main Authors:	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed, Khalid, Reem S., Khan, Umeed Ali, Abbas, Syed Atif
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Intellectual Consortium of Drug Discovery & Technology Development Inc., SK Canada 2013
Subjects:	QD Chemistry RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/1/JAP_Helal_April2013_748_756.pdf

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spelling	iium-323202014-07-22T01:47:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/ A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed Khalid, Reem S. Khan, Umeed Ali Abbas, Syed Atif QD Chemistry RS Pharmacy and materia medica Traditional medicine (TM) has been used since ages, during the past few decades there was a notable global increase in TM usage. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) around 70% of world population relies on traditional healing system for their basic health care needs. The broad use of TM has highlighted many issues subjected to the efficacy and safety of such products. Some TM products contain toxic materials such as heavy metals. Exposure to heavy metals such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) can cause adverse health effects and toxicity. This article explains, several possibilities for the presence of heavy metals in TM, the toxicity of some heavy metals and a number of reported clinical cases regarding to heavy metals toxicity due to the consumption of TM products from different parts of the world. Intellectual Consortium of Drug Discovery & Technology Development Inc., SK Canada 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/1/JAP_Helal_April2013_748_756.pdf Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed and Khalid, Reem S. and Khan, Umeed Ali and Abbas, Syed Atif (2013) A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products. Journal of Applied Pharmacy, 4 (2). pp. 748-756. ISSN 1920-4159 http://www.japharmacy.ca/april--2013--volume-5--issue-2-.html
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description	Traditional medicine (TM) has been used since ages, during the past few decades there was a notable global increase in TM usage. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) around 70% of world population relies on traditional healing system for their basic health care needs. The broad use of TM has highlighted many issues subjected to the efficacy and safety of such products. Some TM products contain toxic materials such as heavy metals. Exposure to heavy metals such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) can cause adverse health effects and toxicity. This article explains, several possibilities for the presence of heavy metals in TM, the toxicity of some heavy metals and a number of reported clinical cases regarding to heavy metals toxicity due to the consumption of TM products from different parts of the world.
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author	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed Khalid, Reem S. Khan, Umeed Ali Abbas, Syed Atif
author_facet	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed Khalid, Reem S. Khan, Umeed Ali Abbas, Syed Atif
author_sort	Helaluddin , Abul Bashar Mohammed
title	A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products
title_short	A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products
title_full	A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products
title_fullStr	A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products
title_full_unstemmed	A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products
title_sort	review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products
publisher	Intellectual Consortium of Drug Discovery & Technology Development Inc., SK Canada
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32320/1/JAP_Helal_April2013_748_756.pdf
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A review of heavy metals contamination in traditional medicinal products

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