Authors:
S. M. Fahad, Md Zakir Hossain, Shah Sultan Ashrafi, F. A. Sabbir Ahamed, Sanjida Sultana Reya, Md. Hazrat Ali, Ishrat Jahan, Md. Joynal Abedin, Mohammad Obaidur Rahman |
Abstract:
The medicinal plants grown in Bangladesh have pharmacological importance and the raw material source that may be applied to produce different drugs in pharmaceutical industries. The major and trace elements in medicinal plants are essential nutrients known as minerals in the human body. In this study, Curcuma zedoarya (leaf), Curcuma zedoaria (bough), Euphorbia hirta (leaf), Mimosa pudica (bough), and Mimosa pudica (root) were investigated using the Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) technique. The samples (pellets) were irradiated by 2.5 MeV proton beam of 3 MV Van de Graff accelerator. The spectrum data were collected using PIXE data acquisition setup & MAESTRO-32 and analyzed by GUPIX/DAN-32 software technique. Specifically, the goal of this research was to identify concentration of heavy and trace elements that are important for many physiological and biochemical processes for human beings. Interestingly, Ca and S showed the highest concentration, while Zn and Ni revealed the lowest concentration in medicinal plants. The results have been compared with allowable limits of IAEA-V-10 and IAEA-359. Owing to these reports, the uses of these plants are not entirely protected from health risks.
Further studies would give adequate information to assess the importance of medicinal plants that may contribute to human health. |
