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Determination of Mineral Elements in Gentiana rigescens from Different Zones of Yunnan, China

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The concentrations of nine mineral elements were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy in Gentiana rigescens from three zones (middle, southeast, and northwest zones) of Yunnan province in China. The average concentrations of mineral elements were found in the order K>Ca>Mg>Fe>Na>Zn>Cu>Cr>Se. Samples collected from the middle zone of Yunnan were enriched in Na (242.24 ± 50.80 mg/kg) and Mg (959.78 ± 54.60 mg/kg). However, materials from the southeast zone were particularly enriched in Ca (3,448.70 ± 749.82 mg/kg), but depleted in Se. Whereas those from the northwest zone were plentiful of K (2,746.89 ± 84.84 mg/kg), Fe (923.06 ± 127.52 mg/kg), Zn (261.38 ± 53.05 mg/kg), Cu (110.08 ± 46.23 mg/kg), and Se (53.99 ± 22.38 mg/kg).

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This work was supported by National Key Technology R&D Program of China (no. 2011BAI13B02-04), project of Technological Innovation Talent Training of Yunnan Province (no. 2010CI068), Key Technologies R & D Program of Yunnan Province (no. 2010GG026), and Special Research Foundation of Development of Nonpublic Economies of Yunnan Province [no. (2010) 114].

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    Jinyu Zhang, Tianjun Yuan, Yuanzhong Wang, Yanli Zhao, Ji Zhang & Hang Jin

  2. Yunnan Reascend Tobacco Technology (Group) Co., Ltd, 650106, Kunming, China

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Zhang, J., Yuan, T., Wang, Y. et al. Determination of Mineral Elements in Gentiana rigescens from Different Zones of Yunnan, China. Biol Trace Elem Res 147, 329–333 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-011-9293-5

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