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Trace element analysis for five elements namely, Ba, Sr, Mn, Cr and Cd was carried out on both ash weight and dry weight basis for mine water and coconut water from Mangampeta barite area. The concentration of trace elements is strikingly different in the coconut water when compared with that of mine water. The coconut plant has the ability to control the presence of certain inorganic elements in its water, whatever be the amount of those elements present in irrigation water. Further, biogeochemical studies of coconut water may be of considerable importance in balneology.
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Prasad, E.A.V., Raghul, V. Trace elements in coconut water—a preliminary study. Environ Geochem Health 16, 76–78 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209828
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