Heavy metals alter the potency of medicinal plants

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2010, Pages 139-149

  Nasim, Sekh Abdul ^a   Dhir, Bhupinder ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTANT;

METALS, HEAVY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 72049118701     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1352-4_5     Document Type: Article

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