Determination of the water-extractable fraction of iron in selected medicinal plant raw materials: Folium Menthae, Folium Urticae and Folium Salviae

Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Konieczynski, Pawei ^a   Wesolowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aqueous extracts; Medicinal plants; Ph; RDA; Water extractable species of iron

Indexed keywords

URTICAE;

EID: 57449113381     PISSN: 09542299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/095422908X384123     Document Type: Article

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