title: Mass attenuation coefficients of X-rays in different medicinal plants.
abstract: The mass attenuation coefficients of specific parts of several plants, (fruits, leaves, stem and seeds) often used as medicines in the Indian herbal system, have been measured employing NaI (TI)) detector. The electronic setup used is a NaI (TI) detector, which is coupled to MCA for analysis of the spectrum. A source of (241)Am is used to get X-rays in the energy range 8-32keV from Cu, Rb, Mo, Ag and Ba targets. In the present study, the measured mass attenuation coefficient of Ocimum sanctum, Catharanthus roseus, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Azadirachta indica, Aegle marmelos, Zingiber officinalis, Emblica officinalis, Anacardium occidentale, Momordica charantia and Syzygium cumini show a linear relation with the energy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585106, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Morabad
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kerur
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods*; D004735:Energy Transfer; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014965:X-Rays