TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative Study of Heavy Metals in Selected Medicinal Plants and Extracts, Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence
AU - Sánchez-Lara, Fernando
AU - Manzanares-Acuña, Eduardo
AU - Badillo-Almaraz, Valentín
AU - Gutiérrez-Hernández, Rosalinda
AU - García-Aguirre, Karol Karla
AU - Vargas-Díaz, María Elena
AU - Hernández-Rangel, Álvaro Omar
AU - Hernández-Sánchez, Karla Mariela
AU - Escobar-León, Martha Celia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - The use of plants has grown constantly worldwide, being a rich source of compounds that serve as established treatments for various diseases and conditions. This paper discusses the elemental composition and the level of environmental risk of heavy metals of selected medicinal plants. The extracts are investigated by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence, a non-destructive, fast, multi-element, highly accurate and environmentally friendly analysis compared to other elementary detection methods. The studied plants Croton dioicus and Phoradendron villosum are native to Mexico. Both showed high levels of Cu and Ni, while their extracts present levels within the permissible range.
AB - The use of plants has grown constantly worldwide, being a rich source of compounds that serve as established treatments for various diseases and conditions. This paper discusses the elemental composition and the level of environmental risk of heavy metals of selected medicinal plants. The extracts are investigated by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence, a non-destructive, fast, multi-element, highly accurate and environmentally friendly analysis compared to other elementary detection methods. The studied plants Croton dioicus and Phoradendron villosum are native to Mexico. Both showed high levels of Cu and Ni, while their extracts present levels within the permissible range.
KW - EDXRF
KW - fluorescence
KW - heavy metals
KW - medicinal plants
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142512997&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/app122211772
DO - 10.3390/app122211772
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85142512997
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 12
JO - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
JF - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
IS - 22
M1 - 11772
ER -