Detection of toxic heavy metals and pesticide residue in herbal plants which are commonly used in the herbal formulations

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 267-271

  Rao, Mruthyumjaya Meda ^a   Meena, Ajay Kumar ^a   Galib, ^b  

^a National Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research   (India)

^b GUJARAT AYURVED UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Formulation; Organophosphorus; Permissible limit; Pyrethroids; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

FORMULATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS; PERMISSIBLE LIMIT; PYRETHROIDS; TOXIC METALS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

METALS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRUG; HEAVY METAL; HERB; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EMBLICA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 80054719140     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1828-2     Document Type: Article

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