Relationship between radioactivity and toxicity in some medicinal plants.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 07 2023
06 07 2023
Historique:
received:
12
02
2023
accepted:
21
06
2023
medline:
10
7
2023
pubmed:
7
7
2023
entrez:
6
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Plants absorb water, nutrients and minerals from the soil through their root. Also, minerals, the radionuclides present in the growing media also are absorbed by plant parts following the same pathway. Consequently, it is important to determine the concentrations of these radionuclides in edible plants to access the associated risk to human health. In the present work, the levels of natural radioactivity and the level of some toxic elements in 17 medicinal plants, commonly used in Egypt, were measured using high-purity germanium gamma spectrometry and atomic absorption, respectively. The investigated plants were sub-grouped according to the edible parts into leave samples (n = 8), roots (n = 3), and seeds (n = 6). Also, the specific activity of both radon and thoron was measured by using alpha emitters registration which is emitted from radon and thoron gases in CR-39 nuclear track detectors. Additionally, the concentration of some toxic elements (Cu, Zn, Cd and, Pb) in six samples of medicinal plants was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37414833
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37403-7
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-37403-7
pmc: PMC10326242
doi:
Substances chimiques
Metals, Heavy
0
Radon
Q74S4N8N1G
Radioisotopes
0
Minerals
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
10952Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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