title: Analysis of some herbal plants from India used in the control of diabetes mellitus by NAA and AAS techniques.
abstract: Elemental analysis of some herbal plants used in the control of diabetes has been done by the techniques of Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). The elements Mn, Na, K, Cl, Al, Cu, Co, Pb, Ni, Cr, Cd, Fe, Ca, Zn and Hg are found to be present in different plants in various proportions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pune, India.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Rajurkar
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Pardeshi
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic