Natural radioactivity determination in samples of Peperomia pellucida commonly used as a medicinal herb

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-151

  Sussa, Fábio V ^a   Damatto, Sandra R ^a   Alencar, Marcos M ^a   Mazzilli, Barbara P ^a   Silva, Paulo S C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Medicinal plant; Peperomia pellucida; Radiochemical separation; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; BETA COUNTING; GROSS ALPHA; MEDICINAL HERB; MEDICINAL PLANTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA; PLANT EXTRACTION; RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; SURROUNDING SOILS;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; LEAD; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOMETRY;

LEAD 210; PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIUM 228; THORIUM 230; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SPECTROMETRY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PEPEROMIA; PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BRAZIL; PEPEROMIA; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84868699608     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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