PIXE as a complement to ICP-OES trace metal analysis in Sudanese medicinal plants

Ammar Mubark Ebrahim; M A Etayeb; H Khalid; Manale Noun; M Roumie; B Michalke

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.04.013

PIXE as a complement to ICP-OES trace metal analysis in Sudanese medicinal plants

Appl Radiat Isot. 2014 Aug:90:218-24. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.04.013. Epub 2014 Apr 19.

Authors

Ammar Mubark Ebrahim¹, M A Etayeb², H Khalid³, Manale Noun⁴, M Roumie⁴, B Michalke⁵

Affiliations

¹ Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, Sudan. Electronic address: ammar_mubark@yahoo.com.
² Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, Sudan.
³ Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute - National center for research, Sudan.
⁴ Lebanese Atomic Energy Autherity, Lebanon.
⁵ Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Neuherberg, Germany.

PMID: 24814608
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.04.013

Abstract

This paper compares trace element concentrations (Ca, K, Sr, Fe, Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu, Co and Cr) in 27 Sudanese medical plants determined in parallel by PIXE and ICP-OES to get information on which technique is preferable at different matrices and element concentrations. PIXE correlates well to ICP-OES for Sr, Mn, Ca, K, Zn and Fe determinations. ICP-OES seems to be the superior technique over PIXE when measuring low concentrated elements (chromium, cobalt, nickel and copper) in the medicinal plants.

Keywords: ICP-OES; Medicinal plants; PIXE; Trace elements.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Metals / analysis*
Metals / chemistry
Microchemistry / methods
Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / methods*
Spectrophotometry, Atomic / methods*
Sudan
Trace Elements / analysis*
Trace Elements / chemistry

Substances

Metals
Trace Elements