Content of toxic and essential metals in medicinal herbs growing in polluted and unpolluted areas of Macedonia

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Gjorgieva, Darinka ^a   Kadifkova Panovska, Tatjana ^b   Bačeva, Katerina ^c   Stafilov, Trajče ^c  

^a Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Macedonia)

^b SS Cyril and Methodius University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Macedonia)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Ba; Cd; Cr; Fe; Matricaria recutita; Pb; Sr; Taraxacum offi cinale; Urtica dioica; Zn

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; LEAD; METAL; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; HERB; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION; URTICA DIOICA;

MATRICARIA RECUTITA; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 77957120064     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-61-2010-2022     Document Type: Article

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