ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Risk Assessment and Analytical Methods Using QuEchERS Pretreatment for the Evaluation of Herbal Medicine Ingredients in Korea.
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- Development of a short and sensitive QuEChERS-SPE-GC-MS method for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) biomonitoring in Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) mussels from an oil-impacted tropical estuary.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Article
- Quantitative Analysis and Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry from Herbs and Spices Distributed in South Korea.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Development and Comprehensive Diverse-Matrix Evaluation of Four PAHs Using Solvent-Modified QuEChERS-GC-MS with Freeze-Out.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH4) in licorice root (Food science and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Concentrations, Sources and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Chinese Herbal Medicines.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dietary Exposure and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Black Tea Consumed in Taiwan.Toxics · 2024Article
- GC-MS/MS Method for Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Herbal Medicines.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content of herbal medicine products in Korea by HPLC-FLD.Food science and biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic and mutagenic compounds that are often formed during the thermal processing of herbal medicine ingredients. In this study, the concentrations of four PAHs (PAH4) in various herbal medicine ingredients were monitored. Further, the QuEChERS method was used to replace conventional pretreatment, a more complex and cumbersome approach. The recovery range of the QuEChERS method ranged between 89.65-118.59%, and the average detection levels of benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), chrysene (CHR), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF), and Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in 50 herbal medicine ingredients were 0.18, 0.27, 1.13, and 0.17 μg/kg, respectively. The BaP and PAH4 levels in all tested samples were deemed safe according to risk characterization analyses based on European Union and Korean guidelines. Therefore, our findings indicated that the QuEChERS method could be used as an effective alternative to conventional sample pretreatment for the analysis of herbal medicine ingredients.
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