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SAFETY, QUALITY AND STANDARDIZATION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE
MEDITIONAL MATERIALS (TCMs), AND NEUTRACEUTICAL FOOD AND PROCUCTS
DERIVED FROM NATURAL MATERIALS
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To ensure the continuing growth and acceptance
of TCM and health or functional food
products, they must be tested and proven to meet strict regulatory
standards and health
guidelines. State-of-the-art analytical testing equipments and
techniques are available in B&C
to serve the TCM, health product and pharmaceutical industries,
research scientists, biomedical
and health professionals, as well as regulatory agencies by:
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analyzing ingredients in formulated products
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performing toxicity tests for safety evaluation
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providing consultancy and technical advice regarding safety issues
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information services concerning safety regulations and product
literature
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establishing guidelines for product standardization
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information services concerning scientific information on TCM
and other botanical
preparations
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organization of clinic and animal trials for TCM products
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Organization and logistics of conferences/workshops
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Test Parameters for TCM and
Health Food Products
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- Pesticide Residues
- Heavy Metals
- Steroid Hormones
- Microbiology
- Carcinogenic compounds (nitrosoamines, chlorinated organics,
PCBs, PAHs)
- Moisture, pH and residues of TCM and Foods
- Active compounds/active fractions in TCM
- Fingerprinting analysis
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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
OF ACTIVE COMPONENTS IN TCM
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The facilities of B&C also include a
series of TCM extraction, purification and
characterization equipment, e.g.: preparative HPLC, microwave
extractor, continuous multi-step
extractor, counter-currant chromatography, freeze dryer, and micro
capsulation devise.
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Products and processes can be developed at
customers' requests. The following products
are shelf items currently available:
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Water/Organic Extracts of Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)
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Freeze-dried powder of Danshen extracts
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Tanshinone IIA from Danshen(30%, 60% purity)
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Standardized Powder of Licorice extracts (Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Fiseh)
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Glycyrrhizic acid
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Extracted Licorice flavones
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Extract of Rhizoma Alismatis
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Standard reference material of TCHs (metals, markers, fingerprintings
of Salviae
Miltiorrhizae, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fiseh, Rhizoma Alismatis,
etc)
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