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. 2018 Feb 25;2018:2353280. doi: 10.1155/2018/2353280

Table 4.

Safety evaluation of bee venom pharmacopuncture.

Bee venom pharmacopuncture
Purity test
 Dissolution state ND
 Lead 0 ppm
 Cadmium 0.0 ppm
 Arsenic 0 ppm
 Mercury 0.0 ppm
Insoluble particulate matter ND
Soluble particulate matter ND
Sterility test1 ND
Endotoxin test2 ND

1Sterility test: direct method using liquid thioglycolic acid medium and soybean casein digestion medium. 2Endotoxin test: using Pierce® LAL Chromogenic Endotoxin Quantitation Kit (determination coefficient [R2] ≥ 0.9932).