TCM-Granules

(valid 1.1.2003)

min. sample quantity

Identity Testing

TLC Fingerprint without reference substances

  5 g

TLC Fingerprint with reference substances

  5 g

Chemo-physical proof of identity

10 g

Proof of identity for minerals (X-ray diffraction)

  5 g

Specific compounds

Aconitine: max. ester alkaloids

15 g

Aconitine: min. total alkaloids

15 g

Aristolochic acid exclusion (TLC qualitative)

  5 g

Contaminants

Lead incl. pressure breaking

  5 g

Cadmium incl. pressure breaking

  5 g

Mercury incl. pressure breaking

  5 g

Arsenic incl. pressure breaking

  5 g

Insecticide screening (114 chem. compounds total:
organic phosphorus pesticides, organic chlorine pesticides, other contaminants (PCB, Atrazin etc.) and pyrethroids)

15 g

Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2

25 g

Microbiology

Aerobic mesophilic bacteria

  5 g

Escherichia coli

  5 g

Mould and yeasts

  5 g