Estudo mineral de plantas medicinais
AUTOR(ES)
Lopes, Maria de Fátima Gomes, Almeida, Maria Mozarina Beserra, Nogueira, Célia Maria Diógenes, Morais, Noélia Maria Tavares de, Magalhães, Carlos Emanuel de Carvalho
FONTE
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2002
RESUMO
Determinations of Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn and Zn were evaluated in five different samples of medicinal plant leaves. Atomic absorption spectrometry was applied to the metals quantification. Except for Fe in Artemisia vulgaris L, significant levels of these elements were found in all investigated plant as compared to other vegetables which are abundant concerning that mineral content.
