A Comparison of Mineral Element Contents Among Different Types of Ginseng Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy

The influence of lead and arsenite on the inhibition of human breast cancer MCF-7 cell proliferation by American ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius L.)

“…A difference in trace metal content of ! 4-fold has been found between individual ginseng roots (Zhang et al, 1994). Whether contaminants in soil or contamination during product processing are responsible for the elevated and physiologically relevant concentrations of heavy metals observed in some commercial preparations of ginseng is not clear (Khan et al, 2001).…”

“…Lead was selected for current study because this element is a prominent metal in the environment and poses a serious human health risk. Furthermore, lead and arsenic have been detected in some ginseng preparations (Zhang et al, 1994;Khan et al, 2001). Arsenic is a metalloid element in the environment and exposure can result in adverse health effects in humans (Yoshida et al, 2004).…”

“…Ginseng preparations, primarily from Asia, may contain a variety of contaminants, including heavy metals (e.g., cadmium, lead, mercury), that exceed the maximum allowed concentrations for comparable foodstuffs (Zhang et al, 1994;Khan et al, 2001;Dragun et al, 2003). The primary objective of the present research was to assess the possible interaction of ginseng extracts and two environmentally relevant heavy metals, arsenite and lead, to determine if these elements affect the biological activity (i.e., anti-cancer effects) of ginseng root extract.…”

Application of Data Fusion in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Review

“…These studies have demonstrated that data fusion between spectroscopy can improve the accuracy of predictive models, and the method of fusing data from different spectroscopy has been very common in the field of TCM, especially the fusion between NIR and MIR data. IR spectroscopy can also be fused with inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) for the determination of trace and mineral elements in TCM [ 81 ]. It has been proved that integrating and combining spectroscopy and chemometrics is very feasible in the field of TCM.…”