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Table 3 The trace metal content of water extracts of selected medicinal plants

From: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of selected Chinese medicinal plants and their relation with antioxidant content

Name of the plants

Cu (μg/g)*

Zn (μg/g)*

Mn (μg/g)*

Mg (mg/g)#

Se (μg/g)*

Mo (μg/g)*

Acanthopanax senticosus

30.86 ± 0.61

183.33 ± 3.91

35.01 ± 0.86

10.35 ± 0.41

43.04 ± 1.41

0.73 ± 0.03

Actinidia arguta

201.75 ± 1.28

969.13 ± 6.68

182.96 ± 1.46

38.44 ± 0.49

5.9 ± 0.06

2.96 ± 0.04

Akebia quinata

29.28 ± 1.72

310.65 ± 19.77

93.36 ± 6.85

7.24 ± 0.85

1.74 ± 0.17

0.12 ± 0.02

Alpinae officinarum

19.94 ± 0.73

276.02 ± 10.99

2212.53 ± 101.6

10.56 ± 0.78

1.92 ± 0.12

0.22 ± 0.02

Andrographis paniculata

61.13 ± 1.77

245.62 ± 7.69

542.3 ± 19.6

65.89 ± 3.81

13.93 ± 0.67

0.78 ± 0.05

Artemisia vulgaris

43.8 ± 1.27

135.75 ± 4.28

321.4 ± 11.69

18.6 ± 1.08

16.28 ± 0.79

0.55 ± 0.03

Asparagus cochinchinensis

6.71 ± 0.75

77.24 ± 9.37

54.5 ± 7.63

3.05 ± 0.68

1.86 ± 0.35

0.13 ± 0.03

Aster tataricus

3.47 ± 0.26

30.35 ± 2.48

46.6 ± 4.39

2.78 ± 0.42

1.44 ± 0.18

0.09 ± 0.01

Corydalis yanhusuo

7.73 ± 0.61

154.73 ± 13.17

42.99 ± 4.28

9.61 ± 1.51

0.48 ± 0.06

0.87 ± 0.14

Curcuma zedoaria

32.74 ± 0.5

45.85 ± 0.75

2312.15 ± 43.84

29.26 ± 0.89

13.7 ± 0.35

3.27 ± 0.1

Cynanchum paniculatum

23.57 ± 0.78

171.76 ± 6.16

53.96 ± 2.23

12.39 ± 0.82

2.92 ± 0.16

0.51 ± 0.04

Cyperus rotundus

21.03 ± 0.61

79.54 ± 2.51

27.35 ± 0.99

6.41 ± 0.37

0.54 ± 0.03

0.39 ± 0.02

Ducheshea indica

18.55 ± 0.88

175.82 ± 9.06

156.07 ± 9.28

19.58 ± 1.86

2.72 ± 0.22

0.37 ± 0.04

Hedyotis diffusa

59.23 ± 1.06

304.91 ± 5.89

1778.79 ± 39.63

59.31 ± 2.11

42.38 ± 1.26

3 ± 0.11

Leonurus japonicus

82.62 ± 1.53

848.36 ± 17.01

214.72 ± 4.97

40.24 ± 1.49

47.03 ± 1.45

2.57 ± 0.11

Ligustrum lucidum

16.51 ± 0.86

250.49 ± 14.17

72.87 ± 4.76

9.43 ± 0.99

0.4 ± 0.03

1.41 ± 0.15

Lobelia chinensis

9.37 ± 0.75

236.66 ± 20.53

124.26 ± 12.44

2.26 ± 0.36

0.64 ± 0.09

1.2 ± 0.2

Lysinachia christinae

68.01 ± 1.31

461.07 ± 9.61

22.96 ± 0.55

16.46 ± 0.63

27.88 ± 0.89

1.12 ± 0.04

Paeonia lactiflora

2.89 ± 0.12

130.61 ± 5.95

147.3 ± 7.75

9.73 ± 0.82

−0.11 ± −0.01

0.13 ± 0.01

Paeonia suffuticosa

2.42 ± 0.10

59.72 ± 2.81

29.38 ± 1.59

4.1 ± 0.36

0.57 ± 0.04

0.07 ± 0.01

Paris polyphylla

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Platycodon grandiflorus

12.73 ± 0.96

180.17 ± 14.78

56.28 ± 5.33

12.41 ± 1.88

0.83 ± 0.11

1.39 ± 0.22

Plantago asiatica

59.58 ± 1.23

298.09 ± 6.68

238.28 ± 6.16

8.67 ± 0.36

14.63 ± 0.5

1.29 ± 0.06

Pleione bulbocadioides

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ploygala tenuifolia

21.61 ± 1.31

43.25 ± 2.84

47.82 ± 3.62

5.53 ± 0.67

0.65 ± 0.07

0.2 ± 0.03

Polygonum aviculare

34.48 ± 0.98

294.6 ± 9.09

5.89 ± 0.21

36.32 ± 2.07

9.81 ± 0.47

0.77 ± 0.05

Poria cocos

230.2 ± 1.16

1841.43 ± 10.09

1257.65 ± 7.95

7.53 ± 0.08

0.52 ± 0

3.75 ± 0.04

Pogostemon cablin

64.71 ± 2.11

565.31 ± 17.51

392.13 ± 13.76

83.3 ± 4.26

5.81 ± 0.27

4.66 ± 0.37

Prunella vulgaris

9.76 ± 0.26

128.12 ± 3.7

522.57 ± 17.4

14.98 ± 0.8

17.68 ± 0.79

0.45 ± 0.03

Pseudostellaria heterophylla

3.53 ± 0.18

274.37 ± 15.37

270.58 ± 17.48

4.19 ± 0.43

1.1 ± 0.10

0.36 ± 0.04

Rabdosia rubescens

52.69 ± 1.25

284.29 ± 7.30

692.42 ± 20.5

62.03 ± 2.94

8.54 ± 0.34

5.21 ± 0.26

Rehmannia glutinosa

6.86 ± 0.82

110.9 ± 14.37

6.61 ± 0.99

1.46 ± 0.35

0.55 ± 0.11

0.08 ± 0.02

Salvia miltiorrhiza

14.45 ± 1.12

66.17 ± 5.54

76.18 ± 7.35

23.83 ± 3.68

0.51 ± 0.07

0.13 ± 0.02

Sanguisorba officinalis

74.89 ± 1.09

909.37 ± 14.34

274.25 ± 4.99

25.66 ± 0.75

4.06 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.04

Schizandra chinensis

5.27 ± 0.35

168.34 ± 12.17

543.02 ± 45.31

13.4 ± 1.79

0.35 ± 0.04

0.54 ± 0.07

Scutellaria barbata

45.27 ± 0.56

290.33 ± 3.92

634.07 ± 9.87

58.94 ± 1.47

3.08 ± 0.06

1.11 ± 0.03

Semen coicis

91.28 ± 1.07

367.05 ± 4.65

367.84 ± 5.38

28.46 ± 0.67

5 ± 0.11

6.97 ± 0.17

Smilax glabra

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Solanum nigrum

71.07 ± 2.01

404.88 ± 12.4

244.61 ± 8.64

57.18 ± 3.23

4.83 ± 0.23

4.46 ± 0.26

Solanum lyratum

74.33 ± 1.86

596.51 ± 16.14

9.22 ± 0.29

11.98 ± 0.6

0.89 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.02

Spatholobus suberectus

27.63 ± 0.56

188.26 ± 4.1

1211.85 ± 30.48

3.27 ± 0.13

16.65 ± 0.56

0.41 ± 0.02

Tussilago farfara

10.16 ± 0.84

96.79 ± 8.71

17.52 ± 1.82

2.13 ± 0.35

1.87 ± 0.26

0.18 ± 0.03

Uncaria rhyncophylla

8.25 ± 0.25

400.03 ± 12.95

2770.85 ± 103.53

7.91 ± 0.47

17.28 ± 0.86

0.19 ± 0.01

Viscum coloratum

24.77 ± 0.97

977.52 ± 41.43

392.4 ± 19.19

16.65 ± 1.3

4 ± 0.26

0.4 ± 0.03

  1. NA: not applicable.
  2. * Trace metal contents are expressed in μg/g of dry plant samples.
  3. # Mg content was measured in mg/g.