Lead and cadmium accumulation in medicinal plants collected from environmentally different sites

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-201

  Baye, Henok ^a   Hymete, Ariaya ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

AAS; Ethiopian medicinal plants; Heavy metal contamination; Herbal medicine; Medicinal plants; Pb and Cd accumulation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ACCUMULATIONS; CD ACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ETHIOPIA; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HERBAL MEDICINES; IN-PLANTS; MEDICINAL PLANTS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; METALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; LEAD; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649233733     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9916-0     Document Type: Article

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