Neutron Activation Analysis Department, Nuclear Research Centre of Birine, PO Box 180, 17200, Ain Oussera, Djelfa, Algeria.
Technical Platform of Physico-Chemical Analysis (PTAPC-Laghouat), P.O. Box. 37G, Road of Ghardaïa, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2021 Jun;199(6):2399-2405. doi: 10.1007/s12011-020-02358-7. Epub 2020 Aug 29.
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.
在这项研究中，我们对从阿尔及利亚杰勒法省不同地点采集的两种蒿属植物——黄花蒿（Artemisia campestris L.）和白蒿（Artemisia herba-alba Asso.）进行了仪器中子活化分析（INAA），这是首次对它们进行的元素分析。两种植物的分析结果均表明存在 21 种元素，分别为：As、Ba、Br、Ca、Ce、Co、Cr、Cs、Eu、Fe、Hf、K、La、Na、Rb、Sb、Sc、Sm、Sr、Yb 和 Zn，其中，K、Ca、Fe 和 Na 的浓度较高。另一方面，研究人员对成人每天的耐受摄入量（TDI）进行了评估，结果显示，成人每天从这些植物中摄入的研究元素都在世界卫生组织（WHO）规定的耐受极限范围内。因此，这些发现可以为研究植物的最佳使用提供科学依据，同时也丰富了药用植物数据库。
