[Removal of heavy metals from extract of Angelica sinensis by EDTA-modified chitosan magnetic adsorbent].
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi
; 38(21): 3709-12, 2013 Nov.
Article
in Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24494559
ABSTRACT
The concentrations of heavy metals in the extracting solutions of traditional Chinese medicine are usually very low. Furthermore, a vast number of organic components contained in the extracting solutions would be able to coordinate with heavy metals, which might lead to great difficulty in high efficient removal of them from the extracting solutions. This paper was focused on the removal of heavy metals of low concentrations from the extracting solution of Angelica sinensis by applying an EDTA-modified chitosan magnetic adsorbent (EDTA-modified chitosan/SiO2/Fe3O4, abbreviated as EDCMS). The results showed that EDCMS exhibited high efficiency for the removal of heavy metals, such as Cu, Cd and Pb, e.g. the removal percentage of Cd and Pb reached 90% and 94.7%, respectively. Besides, some amounts of other heavy metals like Zn and Mn were also removed by EDCMS. In addition, the total solid contents, the amount of ferulic acid and the HPLC fingerprints of the extracting solution were not changed significantly during the heavy metal removal process. These results indicate that EDCMS may act as an applicable and efficient candidate for the removal of heavy metals from the extracting solution of A. sinensis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Drug Contamination
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Edetic Acid
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Metals, Heavy
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Angelica sinensis
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Chitosan
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Magnetics
Type of study:
Evaluation_studies
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi
Journal subject:
FARMACOLOGIA
/
TERAPIAS COMPLEMENTARES
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China