Pesticide Monitoring in Edible Herbal Crude Drug Material in Taiwan
Journal
Taiwanese Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
2
Pages
105-111
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Abstract
To understand the health risks of pesticide residues in edible herbal crude drug materials, the actual residues of pesticides in these materials should be acquired. Therefore, we sampled 6 edible herbal crude drug materials from different commercial markets located in northern, central and southern Taiwan. In total, 60 samples were analyzed for 114 and 87 different kinds of pesticides by modified Method of Test for Pesticide Residues in Foods-Multiresidue Analysis (III) and (IV), respectively. Three pesticides, butachlor, procymidone and carbendazim, were found in Bai-He (Bulbus lilii). Twelve pesticides, acetamiprid, aldicarb, carbendazim, a-Cypermethrin, cyhalothrin, Cypermethrin, dicofol, endosulfan, fenvalerate, imidacloprid, pyridaben and triadimenol, were detected in Gou-Chi (Fructus lycii); the other twelve pesticides, acephate, acetamiprid, allethrin, carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, p,p'-DDE, endosulfan, fenpropathrin, methamidophos, tetradifon, tetramethrin and triazophos were found in Yin-Er (Jelly fungi). And four pesticides, alachlor, allethrin, butachlor and chlorpyrifos were found in Lian-Tz (Semen nelumbinis). No pesticide was detected in Shan-Yau (Rhizoma dioscoreae), Chian-Shr (Semen euryales) or indigenous Lian-Tz (Semen nelumbinis). Defining these products as food and establishing standards for pesticide residues is of utmost importance.
Subjects
Edible herbal crude drug material; Pesticide
SDGs
Other Subjects
Bulbus; Cinchona; Fungi; Tremellales
Type
journal article