For time immemorial, Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) have been widely used in China for disease treatment and promotion of general well-being. However, in recent years, many studies have shown that mycotoxins produced by fungi could contaminate CHMs due to unfavourable pre- or post-harvest conditions, raising major concern for consumer safety. At present, there is a significant focus on developing novel mycotoxin detection methods for analysing CHMs, and numerous studies have aimed to determine which kinds of raw herbal materials are most susceptible to mycotoxin contamination. In this review, we focus on recent advances in understanding and detection of mycotoxins in domestic raw herbal materials and related products from 2000 to 2018. Aspects of mycotoxin contamination of CHMs covered in this review include common mycotoxin contaminants in CHMs, maximum mycotoxin residue limits, analytical methods for mycotoxin detection and their applications and limitations, as well as a brief discussion of the trends in ongoing research.

Lu Qin

Jia-Yi Jiang

Lei Zhang

Xiao-Wen Dou

Zhen Ouyang

Li Wan

Mei-Hua Yang

Mycology&#58 An International Journal on Fungal Biology

Mycology

Occurrence and analysis of mycotoxins in domestic Chinese herbal medicines

This review focused on recent advances in understanding and detection of mycotoxins in domestic raw herbal materials and related products from 2000 to 2018 focuses on common mycotoxin contaminants in CHMs.

中国中药材中真菌毒素的发生与分析

Category	Quartile
生物学	2
生物学, 真菌学	3

Occurrence and analysis of mycotoxins in domestic Chinese herbal medicines

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