Determination of macro, micro nutrient and trace element concentrations in Indian medicinal and vegetable leaves using instrumental neutron activation analysis

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 947-953

  Naidu, G R K ^a   Denschlag, H O ^b   Mauerhofer, E ^b   Porte, N ^b   Balaji, T ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (INAA); SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0033136398     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00113-4     Document Type: Article

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