Published November 2017 | Version v1
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Analysis of traditional Tibetan pills

Creators

  • 1. Czech Technical University, Department of Nuclear Reactors (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Czech Republic)

Description

Traditional Tibetan medicine starts to be a very popular complementary medicine in USA and Europe. These pills contain many elements essential for the human body. However, they might also contain heavy metals such as mercury, iron, arsenic, etc. This paper focuses on elemental composition of two Tibetan pills and investigation of forms of iron in them. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and neutron activation analysis identified the presence of several heavy metals such as mercury, iron and copper. Mőssbauer spectroscopy revealed the possible presence of #alpha# − Fe2O3(hematite) and #alpha# − FeOOH(goethite) in both of the investigated samples.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/s10751-017-1469-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
238
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-6
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
50001483
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
ARSENIC; COPPER; DRUGS; HEAVY METALS; HEMATITE; IRON; MEDICINE; MERCURY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; IRON ORES; METALS; MINERALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMIMETALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS

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