Open AccessGamma irradiation as suitable preservation method on herbal medicine: a review
Author(s) -
S.W. Hadiati,
Hendig Winarno,
Suwijiyo Pramono
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
food research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2550-2166
DOI - 10.26656/fr.2017.5(5).494
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , traditional medicine , gamma irradiation , medicine , food irradiation , herbal supplement , irradiation , population , medicinal plants , alternative medicine , environmental health , business , physics , finance , pathology , exchange rate , nuclear physics , foreign exchange market
The trend of consuming herbal medicines has been increasing over the past three decades.No less than 80% of the world's population has used herbal medicines as a treatment. Oneof the problems in herbal medicine is the high level of microbial contamination caused byraw materials and production processes. Various attempts have been made to overcomethese problems, one of them is the gamma irradiation method. Although irradiation hasbeen widely used for food sterilization, the use of irradiation for sterilization on herbalmedicines is still debated. It is because irradiation may affect the composition of activecompounds of herbal medicines. This review aimed to discuss the applications of gammairradiation for herbal medicines by emphasizing the chemical constituent stabilities ofherbal medicines.