Contamination of mercury in tongkat Ali hitam herbal preparations

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1245-1250

  Ang, H H ^a   Lee, K L ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Drug control authority Malaysia; Herbal preparations; Mercury determination; Polyalthia bullata; Quality requirements or traditional medicines

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MERCURY; TONGKAT ALI HITAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION; MALAYSIA; SAMPLING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; EURYCOMA; MALAYSIA; MERCURY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 33745197971     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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