Heavy Metal Content in Some Therapeutically Important Medicinal Plants

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-127

  Haider, S ^a   Naithani, V ^a   Barthwal, J ^a   Kakkar, P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BENZOXAZOLONE DERIVATIVE; ATROPINE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CINEOLE; CITRAL; COPPER; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEAVY METAL; HYOSCYAMINE; ISORHAMNETIN; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN; SESQUITERPENE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM; COIX; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYPERUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HYOSCYAMUS; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PIPERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM; COIX; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYPERUS; HYOSCYAMUS; PIPERACEAE; SISYMBRIUM; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 1642430845     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0249-0     Document Type: Article

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