Application of k(0)-INAA for the determination of essential and toxic elements in medicinal plants from West Pokot County, Kenya

作者：Benson Rotich A; Mohamed Nader M A; Soliman Mohamed^*; Hassan Mohammed; Abou Mandour Mohsen A

来源：Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2017, 314(1): 23-29.

DOI：10.1007/s10967-017-5370-3

• Essential elements
• Toxic elements
• Medicinal plants
• k(0)-INAA

The k(0)-INAA has been applied for determining nineteen elements in six medicinal plants used to cure various diseases in West Pokot, Kenya. It was observed that some elements are accumulated in excessive amount by the tested plants. Care has to be taken to control the daily dose of these herbs. Reference materials (IAEA-155 and IAEA-V-10) were analyzed simultaneously with the samples to evaluate the accuracy of the analysis protocol. It was found that the measured elemental concentrations were in a good agreement with the reported values with a maximum deviation of 20%.

• 出版日期2017-10