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Table 1
Concentrations of metals (mg/g) present in different medicinal plant parts
Species
Dry Weight Al
As
Au
Br
Cd
Cl
Co
Cr
Acalypha wilkesiana
Leaf
***
***
***
10.6
***
***
***
34.6
Achyranthes aspera
Whole
plant
***
***
***
***
0.59
***
5.23
1.48
Acorus calamus
Leaf and
root
1,360
***
0.00018
9.78
***
1,930
0.19
2.01
Aegle marmelos
Leaf
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
1.73
Aframomum melegueta
Seed
***
***
***
43.4
***
***
***
***
Alchornea cordifolia
Leaf
***
***
***
4.5
***
***
***
23
Aloe vera
Leaf
13.27
***
***
***
0.051
***
0.116
***
Alternanthera pungens
Whole
plant
***
***
***
***
1.45
***
3.41
17.74
Amacylus pyrethrom
Root
***
***
***
***
6.598
0.71
7.298
2.499
Andrographis
paniculata
Fruit
2,470
***
***
8.45
***
2,460
0.16
1.11
Anethum sowa
Seed
***
***
***
***
3.896
***
8.634
3.068
Artemisia nilagirica
Leaf
***
0.3
***
5.7
***
***
***
1.3
Azadirachta indica
Leaf
960
***
0.00384
28.8
***
2,010
0.12
1.47
Bergemia liquilata
Root
***
***
***
***
704.39
***
4.985
1.389
Boerhavia diffusa
Leaf
***
***
***
***
37.5
***
***
***
Brassica campestris
Whole
plant
***
***
***
***
1.2
***
7.55
8.19
Calotropis procera
Leaf
***
***
***
22.4
***
***
***
198.6
Cannabis sativa
Leaf
***
***
***
***
1.66
***
4.79
29.49
Carcum carvi
Seed
***
***
***
***
5.481
370
10.662
3.587
Carica papaya
Leaf
***
***
***
***
0.899
***
1.698
4.595
Carum roxburghianum
Seed
***
***
***
***
***
1,240
3.799
***
Cassia alata
Leaf
***
***
***
5.6
***
***
***
***
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