Pesticide residue detection technology for herbal medicine: current status, challenges, and prospects.

The domains of cancer therapy, disease prevention, and health care greatly benefit from the use of herbal medicine. Herbal medicine has become the mainstay of developing characteristic agriculture in the planting area increasing year by year. One of the most significant factors in affecting the quality of herbal medicines is the pesticide residue problem caused by pesticide abuse during the cultivation of herbal medicines. It is urgent to solve the problem of detecting pesticide residues in herbal medicines efficiently and rapidly. In this review, we provide a comprehensive description of the various methods used for pesticide residue testing, including optical detection, the enzyme inhibition rate method, molecular detection methods, enzyme immunoassays, lateral immunochromatographic, nanoparticle-based detection methods, colorimetric immunosensor, chemiluminescence immunosensor, smartphone-based immunosensor, etc. On this basis, we systematically analyze the mechanisms and some of the findings of the above detection strategies and discuss the challenges and prospects associated with the development of pesticide residue detection tools. © 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry.

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Bin Peng, Yueliang Xie, Qingfu Lai, Wen Liu, Xuelan Ye, Li Yin, Wanxin Zhang, Suqin Xiong, Heng Wang, Hui Chen. Pesticide residue detection technology for herbal medicine: current status, challenges, and prospects. Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry. 2024 Apr;40(4):581-597

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