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Analysis of some medicinal plants in South-western Nigeria using PIXE

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Analysis of thirteen medicinal plants of various biological activities commonly used in South-western Nigeria was carried out using PIXE technique. Nine of these plants are anti-cancer while four are antimicrobial. PIXE measurements were carried out using collimated proton beams delivered by the 2. 5 MV AN 2000 Van de Graaff accelerator at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), (LNL) Legnaro, (Padova), Italy. The results showed the presence of twenty three different elements in the plants and none of them contains any toxic heavy metals. Only Chenopodium ambrosioides showed detectable levels of selenium which is considered important in cancer prevention.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL); ICTP TRIL fellow on leave from Centre for Energy Research and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy; Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    S. O. Olabanji

  2. Department of Pharmacognosy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    O. R. Omobuwajo

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy

    D. Ceccato

  4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy

    M. C. Buoso

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy

    M. De Poli

  6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL); Dipartmento di Fisica, Universit? di Padova, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy; Padova, Italy

    G. Moschini

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Olabanji, S., Omobuwajo, O., Ceccato, D. et al. Analysis of some medicinal plants in South-western Nigeria using PIXE. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 270, 515–521 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-006-0457-2

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