Voltammetric determination of trace metals Zn2+, Cd 2+, Pb2+, Cu2+, Co+2 and Ni +2 in some medicinally important plants from western Ghats, Karnataka State, India

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Lokesh, S V ^a   Sherigara, B S ^a   Bhojya Naik, H S ^a   Shivaraj, Y ^b   Satpati, A K ^c  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anodic stripping voltammetry; Medicinal plants; Trace metals; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ION; METAL; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; PLANT LEAF; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; IONS; METALS; NICKEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 47949111948     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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