Assessment of heavy metal content of branded Pakistani herbal products

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-506

  Saeed, Muhammad ^a   Muhammad, Naveed ^a   Khan, Haroon ^a   Zakiullah, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Branded herbal products; Heavy metals; Toxicity; Validation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DETERMINATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PAKISTAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SYRUP; TABLET; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80052604906     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v10i4.16     Document Type: Article

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