Evaluation of Heavy Metals and Microbiological Contamination of Selected herbals from Palestine

Abualhasan Murad; Jaradat Nidal; Sawaftah Zahraa; Mohsen Hala; Najjar Dyala; Zareer Wahbi

doi:10.1515/biol-2019-0050

Open Life Sciences (Nov 2019)

Evaluation of Heavy Metals and Microbiological Contamination of Selected herbals from Palestine

Abualhasan Murad,
Jaradat Nidal,
Sawaftah Zahraa,
Mohsen Hala,
Najjar Dyala,
Zareer Wahbi

Affiliations

Abualhasan Murad: An-Najah National University, Faculty of medicine and health sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Nablus, Palestine
Jaradat Nidal: An-Najah National University, Faculty of medicine and health sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Nablus, Palestine
Sawaftah Zahraa: An-Najah National University, Faculty of medicine and health sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Nablus, Palestine
Mohsen Hala: An-Najah National University, Faculty of medicine and health sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Nablus, Palestine
Najjar Dyala: An-Najah National University, Faculty of medicine and health sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Nablus, Palestine
Zareer Wahbi: Quality control manger, Birzeit Palestine pharmaceutical company, Ramallah, Palestine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2019-0050
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 448 – 453

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Herbal medicine is widely used for the prevention and treatment of diseases worldwide including Palestine and may require long term usage. The level of some heavy metals and microbial contaminants in some of these medicinal plants consumed by Palestinians were studied in order to evaluate their quality.

Published in Open Life Sciences

ISSN: 2391-5412 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biol

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