Rootstocks, etc., easily affected by metals in soil are used as the raw materials of crude drugs.
Therefore, the heavy metals standards, calculated as lead, are described for each heavy metal under
the heavy metals tests of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. Lead in kampo medicines prepared by
combining crude drugs is analyzed during the quality control processes, etc. The ZA3000 series
instruments employ the polarized zeeman correction method for the background corrections even in
the flame method. As good baseline stability is provided, lead at a level of about 0.05 mg/L can be
sufficiently analyzed and a good addition recovery can be obtained.
