Metal Analysis Of Taraxacum Officinale Plant (Water Extracts) By Flame Photometry And Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Research Article
Amin Mir M, Sawhney S. S and Manmohan Singh Jassal
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science
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Plants are the rich source of medicine because of the presence of large amount of phytochemicals and the phytomedicines which act symbiotically. In addition plants act a rich source of minerals which have a profound effect for the continuity of life by supporting the phytomedicines in feedback manner. The Taraxacum officinale plant was analysed for the estimation of various metals like, (Mn, Pb, Fe, Cu, Cr, and Cd, Zn) by AAS and (Na, K, Li, Ca) by Flame photometric method. All metals were analysed in separately in three parts of the plant (viz, Stem, Root, and Flower) by the mentioned methods. The results obtained were interesting and were found with the range set up by the WHO. Among the different parts of the plant, the roots were found to posses the highest mineral content of all metals, followed by Stem extract and lesser amount of minerals were found present in the flower extracts of the plant. All the results were recorded in ppm units, and only aqueous extracts were analysed in the complete study.