Investigations of heavy metals in different medicinal plants

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 72-74

  Rehman, Ali ^a   Farhan, ^a   Iqbal, Tahir ^a   Ayaz, Sultan ^a   Rehman, Hameed Ur ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Heavy metals; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886297038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2013.3812     Document Type: Article

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