Bromine and iodine in Chinese medical herbs determined via epithermal neutron activation analysis
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- 作者：Chien-Yi Chen ; Yuan-Yaw Wei ; Sheng-Pin ChangLai and Lung-Kwang Pan
- 刊名：Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- 出版年：2003
- 出版时间：2003
- 年：2003
- 卷：257
- 期：2
- 页码：405-410
- 全文大小：495 KB
文摘
Nineteen natural herbs and two prescriptions prepared from mixed herbs were analyzed via epithermal neutron activation analysis (ENAA) to evaluate their bromine and iodine concentration. Traditional medical doctors prescribed the samples presented in this work to most Taiwanese children for strengthening their immune systems. Empirical results indicated a wide diversity of bromine in the samples. Yet, the iodine concentration was only around one to tenth or twentieth of the bromine. The maximum daily intake (MDI) for various medical herbs was also widely diversified from one to tenfold on the basis of various criteria. The minimum detectable concentration (MDC) of bromine and iodine found was 0.42±0.14 ppm and 0.067±0.016 ppm, respectively. Compared to that from conventional thermal neutron activation analysis (NAA) for a similar evaluation, the extremely low MDC obtained here was attributed to the large amount of thermal neutron absorption during sample irradiation.