Abstract
Problem statement: Boric acid is a pesticide usually used to kill mites, fungi, plants and insect including fleas, termites, cockroaches and wood decay fungi. Besides, it was also used in many fields such as food preservative, in newborn baby’s nurseries and antiseptic. Many reports indicated that boric acid poisoning occurred due to the misuse of household product and illegal use of boric acid in food product. In this study, the concern issue was the usage of boric acid that may lead to boric acid poisoning. Approach: This review had shown some information for boric acid such as its usage, the existent method for detection of boric acid in food. Besides, this review also discussed about the toxicology and pharmacokinetic of boric acid and the health impact of boric acid on human and animal. Result: Previous studies showed that food products such as yellow noodles contain boric acid. The boric acid level in most foods was different among the factory and the production period. It is due to the lack of standard measurement during the processing. Conclusion: Since boric acid was harmful to human health and may cause poisoning, hence, the control and the awareness of the usage of boric acid especially in food should be increased. There are numerous methods available for quantification of boric acid such as mannitol titration technique, colorimetric method. Accordingly, the analysis of boric acid is essential.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONBorate chemicals and boric acid have been used the insects move across the powder
Boric acid plays a role as a “stomach poison” for soluble and circulate in plasma (Di Renzo et al, 2007). certain pest such as cockroaches, ants and termites
Water-soluble, salt-like white powder, an insecticide, it usually applied in bait form or used as which have been used as pesticide since 1948. a dry powder in which containing a feeding attractant
Summary
Borate chemicals and boric acid have been used the insects move across the powder. Been used for medication as an antiseptic to kill bacteria This will causes death due to starvation and dehydration and fungi It is used in the form of powder after 3-10 days (Woods, 1994). Boric acid is used as wood preservative in wood industry such as lumber and timber products that controls decay producing fungi (Woods, 1994; Clausen and Yang, 2007). Due to unawareness of the risk of boric acid, it is continued to be used in the production of food especially noodles and some processed seafood such as fish ball (Yiu et al 2008). The idea of this review is to focus on the usage of boric acid especially in food. This review highlights the toxicology and pharmacokinetic aspects of boric acid and its health impact on human
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