The content of various heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, mercury, nickel, manganese and zinc) in the moss species Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Kindb. and its tea are presented in this study. Pursuant to the use of this tea in traditional Chinese medicine for hypertension, the aim of this study was to examine its safety in regard to the metals. All heavy metals were determined by adequate EPA methods. The concentrations of all metals for daily intake in its tea were below the safety levels for human consumption. These results indicate the importance of manganese in R. ontariense tea traditionally used for hypertension and other heart disorders.
Keywords:
traditional Chinese medicine / Rhodobryum ontariense / manganese / heavy metals / cardiovascular diseases
TY - JOUR
AU - Pejin, Boris
AU - Kien-Thai, Yong
AU - Stanimirović, Bojana
AU - Vucković, Gordana N
AU - Belic, Danijela
AU - Sabovljević, Marko S
PY - 2012
UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/593
AB - The content of various heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, mercury, nickel, manganese and zinc) in the moss species Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Kindb. and its tea are presented in this study. Pursuant to the use of this tea in traditional Chinese medicine for hypertension, the aim of this study was to examine its safety in regard to the metals. All heavy metals were determined by adequate EPA methods. The concentrations of all metals for daily intake in its tea were below the safety levels for human consumption. These results indicate the importance of manganese in R. ontariense tea traditionally used for hypertension and other heart disorders.
PB - Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2 - Natural Product Research
T1 - Heavy metal content of a medicinal moss tea for hypertension
EP - 2242
IS - 23
SP - 2239
VL - 26
DO - 10.1080/14786419.2011.648190
ER -
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year = "2012",
abstract = "The content of various heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, mercury, nickel, manganese and zinc) in the moss species Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Kindb. and its tea are presented in this study. Pursuant to the use of this tea in traditional Chinese medicine for hypertension, the aim of this study was to examine its safety in regard to the metals. All heavy metals were determined by adequate EPA methods. The concentrations of all metals for daily intake in its tea were below the safety levels for human consumption. These results indicate the importance of manganese in R. ontariense tea traditionally used for hypertension and other heart disorders.",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon",
journal = "Natural Product Research",
title = "Heavy metal content of a medicinal moss tea for hypertension",
pages = "2242-2239",
number = "23",
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Pejin, B., Kien-Thai, Y., Stanimirović, B., Vucković, G. N., Belic, D.,& Sabovljević, M. S.. (2012). Heavy metal content of a medicinal moss tea for hypertension. in Natural Product Research
Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 26(23), 2239-2242.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2011.648190
Pejin B, Kien-Thai Y, Stanimirović B, Vucković GN, Belic D, Sabovljević MS. Heavy metal content of a medicinal moss tea for hypertension. in Natural Product Research. 2012;26(23):2239-2242.
doi:10.1080/14786419.2011.648190 .
Pejin, Boris, Kien-Thai, Yong, Stanimirović, Bojana, Vucković, Gordana N, Belic, Danijela, Sabovljević, Marko S, "Heavy metal content of a medicinal moss tea for hypertension" in Natural Product Research, 26, no. 23 (2012):2239-2242,
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2011.648190 . .
