Assessment of the contents of essential and potentially toxic elements in Pistacia terebinthus L. and Pistacia lentiscus L. by INAA technique (original) (raw)

2019, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Pistacia terebinthus L. and Pistacia lentiscus L. leaves are widely used in Algerian folk medicine. For the first time, P. terebinthus and P. lentiscus leaves, were subjected to determine their essential and toxic elements using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). P. terebinthus and P. lentiscus leaves were collected from two different locations in Algeria and exposed to INAA analysis. The results show that the mass fractions of the sixteen trace elements studied are within the tolerance limits imposed by the World Health Organization. Hence these results could therefore be used to provide scientific basis for an optimum usage and enriches the database of medicinal herbs.