Determination of Some Essential Elements in Iraqi Medicinal Herbs

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Intidhar D. Sulaiman
Rafea K. AlKubaisy
Jasm D. Salman

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   The trace elements in the medical herbs play an important role in the treatment of diseases. Well selected herbs samples of Iraqi herbs and collected from local markets. In this study, the concentrations of nine elements Na,K, Zn, Fe ,Co ,Cu ,Ni , Pb and Cd were determined in fourteen kinds herbs common belonging to Matricaria Chamomile Cinnamon,Pimpinella Anisum L., Zea Maize , Anethum Graveolens L., Jeft, Teucrium Polium L., Cagsia Italica,Echium Talicum L.,Ocimum Basilcum L., Galeopsis Sejetum,Nigella Sative L., Cyperus Rotundus L.,Lupinus Jaimehintoniana.The herbs samples were analysed by flameless except Na,K, in flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer in different medical herbs.The results indicated that the Na and K elements recorded the high concentrations, while the Co element recorded the low concentration in all herbs samples.
 

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Sulaiman, I.D. et al. 2017. Determination of Some Essential Elements in Iraqi Medicinal Herbs. Ibn AL-Haitham Journal For Pure and Applied Sciences. 26, 1 (Apr. 2017), 234–240.
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