Status analysis on microbial contamination of Chinese herbal decoction pieces / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

This paper summarized and analyzed the literature about microbial contamination of Chinese herbal decoction pieces, which analyzed that the pollution status of the total aerobic microbial count (TAMC), the total yeast and mould count (TYMC), the contamined status of the controling bacteria and the heat-resistant bacteria, and analyzed the characteristics of microbial contamination based on different sources, species of the samples and processing methods, etc. It’s found that the general microbial contamination of Chinese herbal decoction pieces at present is quite serious. Foreign standards of pharmacopoeia can be used for reference to establish an individualized microbial limit standard of Chinese herbal decoction pieces, and it is necessary to enlarge the data based on microbial contamination of Chinese herbal decoction pieces.