Lead contamination in Eugenia dyeriana herbal preparations from different commercial sources in Malaysia

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1969-1975

  Ang, H H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Drug Control Authority Malaysia; Eugenia dyeriana; Herbal preparations; Lead contamination; Quality requirement for traditional medicines

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGENIA; EUGENIA DYERIANA; LEAD POISONING; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

CALIBRATION; CAPSULES; EUGENIA; LEAD; MALAYSIA; POWDERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TABLETS;

EID: 42749096255     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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