[The current status of the determination of the bacterial endotoxin in traditional Chinese medicine].
OBJECTIVE
To review the current status of the determination of the bacterial endotoxin in traditional chinese medicine injections with the limulus lysate test, and to evaluate the feasibility of this test for the determination of the bacterial endotoxin in these injections.


METHODS
The data related to the topic was collected, analyzed and summarized.


RESULTS
The limulus lysate test was not available for most of traditional chinese medicine injections due to the interference. And the same injection may uield different test results because of different factories, batch numbers, different techniques and preparational conditions.


CONCLUSIONS
There is still a long way to go to apply the limulus lysate test to the determination of the bacterial endotoxin in traditional chinese medicine injections.
Huo
Qi-lu
QL
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, China. qlhuo@sohu.com
Shao
Hong-xial
HX
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D008033:Limulus Test; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D004731:Endotoxins