PMID- 34951211 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211227 LR - 20220531 IS - 1001-5302 (Print) IS - 1001-5302 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 21 DP - 2021 Nov TI - [Health risk assessment of exogenous harmful pollutants in Chinese medicine: a review]. PG - 5593-5599 LID - 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20210528.605 [doi] AB - In recent years, the quality and safety problems have been limiting the internationalization of Chinese medicine. The pollutants in Chinese medicine, particularly the exogenous harmful pollutants mainly including mycotoxins, pesticide residues, heavy metals, harmful elements, and sulfur dioxide, are of high risks for people. Therefore, the World Health Organization(WHO) and relevant national organizations have clearly defined the maximum residue limits(MRLs) of such pollutants. Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2020 edition, volume Ⅳ) also demonstrates the detection methods, MRLs and preliminary risk assessment methods for four typical exogenous harmful pollutants in Chinese medicine. Therefore, continuous optimization of the health risk assessment system can further help further raise the quality and safety of Chinese medicine. This paper reviews the research on the health risk assessment of four typical exogenous harmful pollutants in Chinese medicine and discusses the problems of and challenges for the assessment system, which is expected to lay a scientific basis for the establishment of the risk warning mode and response measures suitable for specific types of Chinese medicine. FAU - Sui, Ming AU - Sui M AD - Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education,Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100193, China School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164, China. FAU - Kong, Dan-Dan AU - Kong DD AD - Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education,Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100193, China. FAU - Ding, Shu-Min AU - Ding SM AD - School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164, China. FAU - Yang, Mei-Hua AU - Yang MH AD - Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education,Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100193, China. LA - chi PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - China TA - Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi JT - Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica JID - 8913656 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) SB - IM MH - *Drug Contamination MH - *Drugs, Chinese Herbal/adverse effects/analysis MH - *Environmental Pollutants/adverse effects/analysis MH - Humans MH - Medicine, Chinese Traditional MH - *Pesticide Residues/adverse effects/analysis MH - Risk Assessment OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chinese medicine OT - exogenous harmful pollutants OT - health risk assessment OT - research progress EDAT- 2021/12/25 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/28 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/24 06:13 PHST- 2021/12/24 06:13 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/28 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20210528.605 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2021 Nov;46(21):5593-5599. doi: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20210528.605.