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Characterization of hypoglycemiant plants by total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

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In this work, synchrotron radiation total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (SRTXRF) was used to determine trace elements in eight hypoglycemiant plants (Trigonella foenum graecum, Panax ginseng, Pfaffia paniculata, Myrcia speciosa, Zea mays, Harpagophytum procumbens, Syzygium jambolona, and Bauhinia forficate). The elements P, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Rb, and Sr were detected in all medicinal plants investigated, whereas Si, S, Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Se, Nb, Mo, Sn, Sb, Ba, Hg, and Pb were detected only in some of the samples. The concentration of elements in hypoglycemiant plants varied from 0.15 μg/g of Co to 3.0×104 μg/g of K and the mean of experimental limit of detection for these elements were 0.14 and 3.6 μg/g, respectively.

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Depto. Física e Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil

    Orghêda L. A. D. Zucchi & Helio Salvio Neto

  2. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Depto. Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil

    Orghêda L. A. D. Zucchi & Marcos J. Salvador

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  4. Laboratório de Instrumentação Nuclear, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

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Zucchi, O.L.A.D., Moreira, S., de Jesus, E.F.O. et al. Characterization of hypoglycemiant plants by total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Biol Trace Elem Res 103, 277–290 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:103:3:277

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