Estimation of heavy metals in commonly used medicinal plants: A market basket survey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 657-660

  Meena, Ajay Kumar ^a   Bansal, Parveen ^a   Kumar, Sanjiv ^a   Rao, M M ^a   Garg, V K ^a,b  

^a National Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research   (India)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Herbal drugs; Permissible limit; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; CHEMICAL QUALITY; CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; COMMONLY USED; HERBAL DRUG; LOCAL MARKETS; MARKET BASKET; MARKET DEMAND; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PERMISSIBLE LIMIT; PLANT SAMPLES; POTENTIAL THREATS; SIDE EFFECT; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; SYNTHETIC DRUG;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANGANESE; METALS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DRUG INTERACTIONS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS ARISTATA; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BLACK PEPPER; CARDAMOM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; CURCUMA LONGA; FLACOURTIA LONGA; FLACOURTIACEAE; GINGER; INDIA; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT TISSUE; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 77957684726     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1264-3     Document Type: Article

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