Heavy metal accumulation in medicinal plants collected from environmentally different sites

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-324

  Barthwal, Jyoti ^a   Nair, Smitha ^a   Kakkar, Poonam ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chromium; Heavy metals; Herbal raw material; Lead; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON INDICUM; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; EUPHORBIA; PERISTROPHE; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 52649159176     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(08)60049-5     Document Type: Article

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