Minor and trace elemental determination in the Indian herbal and other medicinal preparations

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Samudralwar, Dhananjay L ^a,b   Garg, Amar N ^a  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Livestock Disease Diagnosis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

INAA; Indian medicinal plants; peacock feathers; trace elements

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASH; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; NERIUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; TINOSPORA;

EID: 0029768066     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02786258     Document Type: Article

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