Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in some medicinal plants from South Gujarat, India
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The different heavy metals such as Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn and Pb were estimated in medicinal plants Azadirachta indica, Emblica officinalis, Gymnema sylvestre and Withania somnifera from Surat district, Gujarat, India. The observations revealed that A. indica had the level of metals in the range Cu>Cr>Zn>Ni, E. officinalis had range viz. Cu>Zn>Cr>Ni, G. sylvestre and W. somnifera had concentrations as Zn>Cu>Ni>Cr and Zn>Cr>Cu>Ni respectively. It was also observed that Pb was not detected in any of the plant samples
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