Determination of toxic heavy metals in indigenous medicinal plants used in Rawalpindi and Islamabad cities, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 158-164

  Mahmood, Adeel ^a   Rashid, Sadia ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Frequency of citation; Indigenous knowledge; Metal toxicity; Safety of herbal remedies; Wild plants

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CANNABIS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACACIA MODESTA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ADULT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CARISSA OPACA; CASSIA FISTULA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONOPUS DIDYMUS; DANDELION; EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA; FEMALE; FICUS PALMATA; HERB; HUMAN; MALE; MALVESTRUM COROMANDELIANUM; MALVESTRUM CORONOMANDELIANUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA SPICATA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAKISTAN; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHRUB; SOLANUM SURRATTENSE; TREE;

ADULT; ANGIOSPERMS; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84878310540     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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