Study and Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Medicinal Plants
Sadia Fatima*
Department of Botany, Anwarul Uloom College, New Mallepally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Corresponding Author Email: ghazalaft248@gmail.com
Abstract
The medicinal plants have nutritive properties and are commonly used for the treatment of various ailments by local physicians in the Medak District of Telangana, from where the plants were collected. The concentration level of heavy metals such as Fe, N, C, Zn , Mn Cu Cr, and PB in the selected plants was studied, compared, and analysed. Study and Analysis of medicinal plants for heavy metals concentrations of great value for health care, for protecting the public from the hazardous effects of these heavy metals. Indigenous plants are commonly used in a large number of medicines being analyzed, in four selected medicinal plants such as Phyllanthus disticbus, Brassica nigra, Brassica oleracea, and Daucus carota by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (FAAS). The results revealed that the selected medicinal plants accumulate these elements at different concentrations.