한약재와 탕액(쌍화탕)중 내분비계 장애물질로서의 개별 중금속의 함량 연구(I) = Monitoring Research for Heavy Metals as Endocrine Disruptors in Herbal Medicines and Ssangwha-Tang

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to compare the contents of heavy metals of boiled ssangwhatang with those of herbal ingredients which are composed of ssangwhatang.
ssangwhatang is used for antifatihue, tonic and so on. With industrial development, our environment has been very polluted. Herbal medicines also are seriously contaminated by heaby metas and pesticides. The herbal medicines of ssangwhatang were bouht at 10 different markets. The contents of 14 heavy metals (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Sn, Zn) were analyzed using ICP. It was found out that 7 heavy metals(Pb, As, Ba, Cd, Hg, Sb, Sn) were not detected at all in boiled ssangwhatang. But they were detectable in all ssangwhatang ingredients before boiling. For example, the content of Pb in one pack of ssangwhatang before boiling was 0.039˚±0.005㎎ and Pb in boiled one was not detected. Herbal medicine itself is seriously contaminated by heavy metals. These results suggested that boiled ssangwhatang which we take is safe from the contamination of heavy metals.