Determination of potentially toxic heavy metals in traditionally used medicinal plants for HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Ngamiland District in Northern Botswana

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 730, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-48

  Okatch, Harriet ^a   Ngwenya, Barbara ^a   Raletamo, Keleabetswe M ^a   Andrae Marobela, Kerstin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b Centre for Scientific Research Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation (CESRIKI)   (Botswana)

Author keywords

AAS; Arsenic; Chromium; Lead; Nickel; Traditional medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AAS; ALL METAL; BOTSWANA; DRY WEIGHT; HIV/AIDS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; METAL MINING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PLANT SPECIES; TOXIC HEAVY METALS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HEAVY METALS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEAD; NICKEL;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BOTSWANA; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLERODENDRUM TERNATUM; COMBRETUM IMBERBE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; EXPOSURE; INDIGOFERA FLAVICANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL EXPOSURE; MIMUSOPS ZEYHERI; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLANUM PANDURIFORME; TERMINALIA SERICEA; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ARSENIC; BOTSWANA; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEAD; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NICKEL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA; CLERODENDRUM; COMBRETUM IMBERBE; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA; INDIGOFERA; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS; MIMUSOPS ZEYHERI; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; SOLANUM PANDURIFORME; TERMINALIA SERICEA;

EID: 84861340043     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.11.067     Document Type: Article

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