Aluminium in Labisia pumila
2004
Jamia Azdina Jamal, Kebangsaan Malaysia Univ. (UKM), Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Faculty of Allied Health Sciences. Dept. of Pharmacy | Houghton, Peter J, Kings' College London, Pharmacognosy Research Labortories, Dept of Pharmacy, London SE1 8WA, (United Kingdom)
Aluminum is normally present in most plants in minute quantities. However, there are numerous species in which the capacity to absorb it is much more highly developed. Some Myrsinaceae species, particularly the genera of Rapanea, have the ability to accumulate aluminum. Thus, the study was aimed to determine whether Labisia pumila var. alata and Labisia pumila var. pumila (Myrsinaceae), or locally known as Kacip Fatimah, accumulate aluminum using an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometric (ICP-AES) technique. Extracts were prepared using a wet oxidation procedure. Results from the analysis revealed that the plants had low content of aluminum, that is, in a range of 95.86 to 205.53 mg/kg dry matter. The findings suggested that L. pumila varieties could not be considered as an aluminum accumulator.
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