Heavy metals in egyptian spices and medicinal plants and the effect of processing on their levels

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2300-2304

  Abou Arab, A A K ^a   Abou Donia, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian; Levels; Medicinal; Plants; Processing; Spices

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPICE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EGYPT; FOOD HANDLING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PURIFICATION;

EGYPT; FOOD HANDLING; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS; SPICES;

EID: 0033947988     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf990508p     Document Type: Article

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