Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3848

Full Length Research Paper

Elemental contents of some medicinal plants using energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)

Alfred Djoman Djama AGBO
  • Alfred Djoman Djama AGBO
  • Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Structure of Matter and Technology, University Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Aka Joseph N’GOUAN
  • Aka Joseph N’GOUAN
  • Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Structure of Matter and Technology, University Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Georges Alain MONNEHAN
  • Georges Alain MONNEHAN
  • Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Structure of Matter and Technology, University Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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  •  Received: 18 December 2019
  •  Accepted: 06 April 2020
  •  Published: 31 May 2020

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