Effects of metal-contaminated soils on the accumulation of heavy metals in different parts of centella asiatica: a laboratory study

• Main Authors: C.K. Yap,, M. R. Mohd Fitri,, Y. Mazyhar,, S.G. Tan,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7343/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7343/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol39num3_2010/contentsVol39num3_2010.html

Centella asiatica is widely used as a medicinal plant in Malaysia and other parts of the world. In the present study, the growth and uptake of heavy metal by C. asiatica were determined based on the plant exposure to different treatment of metal-contaminated soils under laboratory conditions. Heavy...