Indian medicinal herb: A source of lead and cadmium for humans and animals

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-167

  Dey, S ^a   Saxena, Anju ^a   Dan, Ananya ^a   Swarup, D ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; India; Lead; Medicinal herb

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEAD;

ALOE VERA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BARLERIA PRIONITES; BASIL; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILLIANUM; COMNIPHORA WIGHTII; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CURCUMA LONGA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ECLIPTA ALBA; FENUGREEK; FERULA ASAFOETIDA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FRUIT; GARLIC; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GUAVA; HERB; HUMAN; INDIAN MEDICINAL HERB; JATROPHA CURCAS; LANTANA CAMARA; LAWSONIA INERMIS; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PIPER LONGUM; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; RHIZOME; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; TAMARIND; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70449101021     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903240525     Document Type: Article

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