Identification of diversity in elements content in medicinal plants belonging to different plant families

Food Chemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-58

  Arceusz, Agnieszka ^a   Radecka, Iwona ^a   Wesolowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Medicinal plants; Micro and macroelements; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCIUM; ELEMENT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROSACEA; STANDARDIZATION;

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; ROSACEAE;

EID: 71349084090     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.09.068     Document Type: Article

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