Compared with Western medicine, most Chinese medicines are milder, but there are also some Chinese herbal medicine shops or herbal tea shop operators who use Chinese herbal tea as a gimmick to add illegal Western medicine ingredients to daily food and drinks. The harm to the body caused by long-term consumption of such "health drinks" is immeasurableThe formula analysis laboratory received a sample, which was a traditional Chinese medicine tea formula without indicating the ingredients and ingredients, and the customer hoped to know whether its formula contained prohibited additives through ingredient analysis.
The samples were tested by ultra-high pressure high-performance liquid chromatography and high-resolution tandem mass spectrometer, and found that chlorophylinate, sea breeze tenone, phytosterols, etc., are all characteristic compounds in conventional Chinese medicine, but in addition to these, sildenafil, tadalafil, yohimbine three prescription drug ingredients were also detected, of which tadalafil, sildenafil, etc. have been banned from being added to health food as early as 2012.
Phospjodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) is a class of phosphodiesterase inhibitors of type 5, sildenafil and tadalafil belong to this class, and they are prescription drugs that must be used under the guidance of a doctor; Yohimbine is an indole alkaloid that is suitable for clinical use. The addition of these prescription drugs and other prohibited ingredients in Chinese herbal tea may enhance the taste and anti-fatigue effect, but it is all in exchange for good health! Possible risks after consumption include drug interactions, obscuring the true cause of the disease, drug abuse and dependence, not to mention the legal consequences and financial burden involved.
In addition to the pharmacopoeia clearly defines the scope of "substances that are both food and Chinese herbal medicines", this kind of Chinese medicine belongs to the homology of food and medicine, and can be added to daily food and beverages. Do not be superstitious about all kinds of products that explicitly imply "quick effect", "secret recipe", "ancestral" and other words, homemade edible substances due to complex ingredients, **unknown, it is easy to bury health hazards, we can also choose to have legal qualifications of the first business to buy.
Based on the high-throughput liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry platform, the formulation team detected and analyzed the traditional Chinese medicine components in various sample types such as Chinese herbal medicines, preparations, and decoctions with reference to the testing standards, and gave full play to its technical advantages to help the detection of traditional Chinese medicine. The laboratory is managed in accordance with ISO17025 and GMP, with more than 100 large-scale analysis and testing instruments, a million-map database, and rich experience in the analysis of traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, contraband detection and other projects, and can issue analysis and testing reports. If you have similar testing needs, please call for consultation!