The heavy metal contents of some selected medicinal plants sampled from different geographical locations

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Annan, Kofi ^a   Dickson, Rita ^a   Amponsah, Isaac ^a   Nooni, Isaac ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geographical locations; heavy metals; medicinal plants; minerals

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEAD; MERCURY;

ALCHORNIA CORDIFOLIA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BARK; DANDELION; EUPHORBIACEAE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PAULLINIA PINNATA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA; SAPINDACEAE; SENNA ALATA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84877247573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.110539     Document Type: Article

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