JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, cilt.260, sa.1, ss.127-131, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
Mankind still depend oil traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of various diseases and ailments. This paper discusses the elemental composition and concentration of medicinal plants investigated by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence. The elements present in medicinal plants are P, Cl, K, Ca. S, Al, Ti. V, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn. l and Cc. The physical basis of the used analytical method, the experimental set up and the procedure of sample preparation are presented.