TY  - JOUR
T1  - Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis of Elements? Content of Medicinal Plants Used Traditionally as Anticancer Cure
AU - , Siddig Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab AU - , Nooraini Mohd Ain AU - , Ahmad Bustamam Abdul AU - , Manal Mohamed Elhassan AU - , Tengku Azmi Tengku Ibrahim 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SP  - 547
EP  - 549
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2009.547.549
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.547.549
KW  - Anticancer plants
KW  -element analysis
KW  -energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis
AB  - This present study aims to investigate, the elemental analysis of some medicinal plants used traditionally as anticancer cure by local Malaysians. Element?s content of these plants was carried out using Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis combined with Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope microanalysis (EDX). In this study, elements? contents from the leaves of <I>Goniothalamus umbrosus</I>,<I> Kaempferia galangal</I>,<I> Gynura procumbens</I>,<I> Morinda citrifollia</I>,<I> Lawsonia inermis </I>and<I> Baringtonia racemosa</I> using EDX technique. The elemental distribution revealed the presence of C, O, Mg, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Al, Si and Fe, in anti-cancer medicinal plants and their relative weight percentages were estimated. These elements may be responsible for the biomedicinal properties of these plants, which based on anticancer properties. This supports the traditional usage of these plants as anti-tumor.
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