Elemental Analysis of Vitexaltissimalinn. leaves by X-ray Fluorescence and its Biological Implications and Studies

Volume 4 - Issue 1

Sunitha S¹, Daisy Joseph²*, Lekshmi V Kumar¹ and RathikaNath G¹

Received: March 09, 2020;   Published: July 16, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/OAJBEB.2020.04.000180

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Abstract

Elemental analysis of V.altissima (L) leaf was carried out by using X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and SEM-EDX. Fifteen of the detected elements are essential, which includes some heavy elements (Al, Si, P, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sr, Nb, Mo, Cd, Th and U) while 20 others (Mg, S, Ti, V, Cr, Co, Ni, As, Se, Rb, Y, Zr, Ag, Sn, Sb, Ba, W, Hg, Pb and Bi) were found to be below detection limit in Hand held X-ray Fluorescence (HHXRF) analysis. From SEM-EDX results, non-transition elements such as C, O, Si, S, K, Ca and Br were found to be present in the dried leaf powder of V.altissima. The distribution of elements was found to be in the order: crude leaf powder> Hexane> Chloroform> Methanol. From the results it is clear that V. altissima contain many essential elements which are all required minerals for human Biological studies such as DPPH scavenging assay and reducing power was carried out on these plant extracts to evaluate their anti-oxidant capacity. It was seen that these plant extracts do have a good anti-oxidant levels.

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