Inorganic Biochemistry of Medicinal Plants
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چکیده
Most medicinal plants are flowering plants and they also serve as ornamental plants. Measurement of trace element content in medicinal plants, drugs and extracts may be relevant in view of e.g. human health, animal health and environmental relations. This fact has a great significance since about half of the plant drugs available in the trade originate from natural habitats and the element content of herbs may originate from soil or air pollution, or relate to the soil type on which the plant grows. Microelements in extracts may be relevant in nutritional point of view or for therapeutic purposes. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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