Determination and Evaluation of Mineral Constituents of Medicinal Plants used for the Treatment of Asthma and other Ailments by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Mineral contents have been determined for thirty samples from three medicinal plants (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Salvadora oleoides and Euphoria hirta). Fifteen essential trace and toxic elements were determined, using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Ten samples from each plant were collected from...

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Published inPakistan journal of analytical and environmental chemistry Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 61 - 67
Main Authors Sahito, Shamroz Bano, Kazi, Tasneem Gul, Jatoi, Wahid Bux, Makhija, Pirbho Mal, Shar, Ghulam Qadir, Mahar, Khalida Parveen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jamshoro Knowledge Bylanes 30.06.2013
AsiaNet Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemsitry
Subjects
Asthma
decoction
Digestion methods
Drug therapy
essential metals
medicinal plants
Medicine, Botanic
Medicine, Herbal
Plants
Respiratory agents
Pakistan
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Summary:Mineral contents have been determined for thirty samples from three medicinal plants (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Salvadora oleoides and Euphoria hirta). Fifteen essential trace and toxic elements were determined, using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Ten samples from each plant were collected from the vicinity of Jamshoro and Tandojam Agricultural University and drug stores. The edible parts of all three plants were digested with two known wet asking methods. It was observed that the levels of essential micronutrient Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn and Zn, in all there medicinal plants are found to be (3.491.3-3928.2), (2269.3-3617.3), (3.23-5.42), (6.13-7.33) and (4.22-6.94) mg/100g respectively on dried basis. The efficiency of digesting mineral acid mixtures was checked by certified reference sample of Spinach NBS-1570.
ISSN:1996-918X
1996-918X