Once relegated to the background, sweet potatoes are a staple food crop that is gaining increasing popularity in Senegal to combat malnutrition in both rural and urban areas. Given its increasingly widespread use, it is essential to establish scientific foundations for its safe u...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2025/v34i4975
Monitoring the presence of minerals in medicinal plants has become a health emergency due to the widespread consumption of herbal products and the risk of long-term bioaccumulation of heavy metals. This study aimed to determine the amount of heavy metals in the medicinal plant St...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4923
A sample of hulled millet and an unhulled millet sample were collected from a rural area and their metal contents (Na, K, Mg, Ca, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) were analyzed. The samples were wetly digested, and the metals were analyzed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The Na...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2025/v15i3370
Combretum micranthum is a well-known medicinal plant in Africa and the decoction of its leaves is used as a drink or to treat various diseases such as malaria, high blood pressure and liver disorders, among others. Due to its high consumption by all sections of the Senegalese pop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4309