近日,中国中医科学院中药研究所所长陈士林及其课题组找到一种用于识别传统草药中是否含有马兜铃酸的方法,该项研究日前在线发表于自然出版集团的《科学报告》上。马兜铃酸来自马兜铃科植物,是一种具有肾毒性和致癌性的化学物质。研究显示由马兜铃酸引发的基因突变高于比烟草和紫外线对人体的影响。自2001年开始,欧洲、北美、中国台湾和香港等地区已经陆续禁止销售含 Recently, Chen Shilin, director of the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and his group found a way to identify the presence of aristolochic acid in traditional herbs, which was recently published online in the Nature Science Group’s Science Report. Aristolochic acid from the Aristolochia family of plants, is a nephrotoxic and carcinogenic chemicals. Studies have shown that mutations caused by aristolochic acid are higher than those of tobacco and UV light on the human body. Since 2001, sales in Europe, North America, China Taiwan and Hong Kong have been banned