Standardization of crude extracts derived from selected medicinal plants of Pakistan for elemental composition using SEM-EDX

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-216

  Khan, Taous ^a,b   Ahmad, Mansoor ^a   Khan, Hamayun ^b   Ahmad, Waqar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crude extracts; Elemental analysis; Medicinal plants; SEM EDX; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM; ACONITUM LAEVE; PAEONIA; PAEONIA EMODI; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM; TRICHODESMA INDICUM;

EID: 33646362313     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2006.211.216     Document Type: Article

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