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Elemental Investigation of the Leaf and Seed of Coriander Plant by Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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This study describes the potential of synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy technique for the investigation of elements present in the parts of the medicinally important coriander plant: leaf and seed. For this, X-ray fluorescence spectra of the leaf and seed of coriander plants have been recorded by exciting synchrotron radiation of energy 13 keV. The analyses of the procured spectrum show the presence of elements: potassium, calcium, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, nickel, copper, zinc, and arsenic. A calibration free approach, PyMca has been used for the quantitative estimation of the detected elements in the leaf and seed of the coriander plant.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to RRCAT, Indore for providing SR-μXRF facility (BL-16), Indus-2 to carry out measurements and Dr. A. K. Singh for his kind cooperation in data acquisition. Also Dr. K. N. Uttam is grateful to CRS-UGC-DAE, Indore for the award of project and Sweta, Abhi Sarika and Nidhi are thankful to UGC, New Delhi for the financial assistance in form of fellowship.

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  1. Centre for Environmental Science, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

    Abhi Sarika Bharti, Sweta Sharma & Nidhi Shukla

  2. Indus Utilization Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, India

    M. K. Tiwari

  3. Saha’s Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

    K. N. Uttam

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Bharti, A.S., Sharma, S., Shukla, N. et al. Elemental Investigation of the Leaf and Seed of Coriander Plant by Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 40, 373–377 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-017-0600-3

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