Volatile (As and Hg) and non-volatile (Pb and Cd) toxic heavy metals analysis in rhizome of Zingiber officinale collected from different locations of North Western Himalayas by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2966-2971

  Gupta, S ^a   Pandotra, P ^a   Gupta, A P ^a   Dhar, J K ^a   Sharma, G ^a   Ram, G ^a   Husain, M K ^a   Bedi, Y S ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

AAS; Heavy metals; Non volatile; Volatile; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GINGER; INDIA; METAL EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHIZOME; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GINGER; INDIA; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHIZOME; SOIL; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 77956345127     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.034     Document Type: Article

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