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Heavy Metal Levels in Commonly used Traditional Medicinal Plants

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dc.contributor.author SUMAYYA SAIED
dc.contributor.author ERUM ZAHIR
dc.contributor.author AZHAR SIDDIQUE
dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-03T03:47:11Z
dc.date.available 2023-10-03T03:47:11Z
dc.date.issued 2010-12-07
dc.identifier.citation SIDDIQUE, A., SAIED, S., & ZAHIR, E. (2010). Heavy metal levels in commonly used traditional medicinal plants. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 32(6), 737. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0253-5106
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/19753
dc.description.abstract In the present study a survey of 24 commonly used medicinal plants of Indian subcontinent origin was carried out to evaluate their levels of heavy metals by electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy. The results showed that the highest mean value for Cd (12.06 µg.g-¹), Cr (24.50 µg.g⁻¹), Cu (15.27 µg.g⁻¹), Pb (1.30 µg.g⁻¹), Fe (885.60 µg.g⁻¹), Mn (90.60 µg.g⁻¹), Ni (9.99 µg.g⁻¹) and Zn (77.15 µg.g⁻¹) were found in Lawsonia inermis, Murraya koenigii, Mentha spicata, Beta vulgaris Linn, Mentha spicata, Lagenaria sicerana standl, Lawsonia inermis, Emblica officinalis, respectively. The mean and maximum levels of Cd in plant samples were found higher than the recommended values of the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization and may constitute a health hazard for consumers. All other heavy metals in medicinal plants were found below the recommended tolerable limits. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The chemical society of Pakistan is an approved society from the PSF. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: The Chemical Society of Pakistan en_US
dc.title Heavy Metal Levels in Commonly used Traditional Medicinal Plants en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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