Profile of heavy metals in some medicinal plants from Ghana commonly used as components of herbal formulations

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-44

  Annan, Kofi ^a   Kojo, Asante ^b   Cindy, Asare ^b   Samuel, Asare Nkansah ^c   Tunkumgnen, Bayor ^d  

^a Department of Pharmacognosy ^*  (India)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^c University of Ghana   (India)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Health implications; Heavy metals; Herbal formulations; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BASIL; CLAUSENA; CLAUSENA ANISATA; DRUG FORMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GHANA; HERBAL MEDICINE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIPPIA; LIPPIA MULTIFLORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM CANUM; RAUWOLFIA; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA;

EID: 77953452460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.60579     Document Type: Article

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