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- The study analyzed two types of Artemisia plants from Djelfa province, Algeria, using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to identify essential and toxic elements for the first time.
- The analysis found a total of twenty-one elements in the plants, with significant concentrations of potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), and sodium (Na).
- The results suggest that the daily intake of these plants falls within safe limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), providing a scientific basis for their medicinal use and enhancing the knowledge of herbal remedies.
Article Abstract
In this study, two kinds of Artemisia plant, Artemisia campestris L. and Artemisia herba-alba Asso., collected from different locations in Djelfa province, Algeria, were subjected to an instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) in order to determine their essential and toxic elements for the first time. The obtained results for both types revealed the existence of twenty-one elements, namely, As, Ba, Br, Ca, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Sr, Yb, and Zn, where, the elements K, Ca, Fe, and Na respectively showed a significant concentration. On the other hand, the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of the studied plants for an adult person per day was within the tolerance limits imposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Hence, these findings might therefore be used to offer scientific basis for an optimum usage of the studied plants and so enriches the database of medicinal herbs.
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