Abstract
Murshidabad district is one of the most highly Arsenic (As) prone areas of West Bengal, India. The predominantly rural population of this district greatly depends on traditionally used medicinal plants for treatment of various ailments and subjected to risk of arsenic contamination. The present study revealed that some naturally grown medicinal plants in this district were found to have the alarming level of concentration of arsenic and other metals (Fe, Cu) contamination. So, there should be raised more consciousness on the toxic metal contamination of medicinal plants specifically, collected from contaminated sites.
Highlights
A major portion of the World's population significantly rely on traditionally used medicinal plants as major healthcare provider, even today
The predominantly rural population of this district greatly depends on traditionally used medicinal plants for treatment of various ailments and subjected to risk of arsenic contamination
The present study revealed that some naturally grown medicinal plants in this district were found to have the alarming level of concentration of arsenic and other metals (Fe, Cu) contamination
Summary
A major portion of the World's population significantly rely on traditionally used medicinal plants as major healthcare provider, even today. Human information about therapeutic estimation of these plants go back most likely for in excess of five thousand years. From the study of AbuDarwish, (2009) revealed that the use of aromatic medicinal herbs to relieve and treat many human diseases has been increased in worldwide because of their mild features and low side effects. Besides treatment of many diseases medicinal plants serve as the main source of the raw material for many herbal formulations and popular dietary supplements. With increasing the awareness of salient feature of medicinal plants, world's herbal medicinal market increases drastically with annual growth rate between 5 and 15%, which in turn increases a trend of commercialization of medicinal plants in recent years (Joshi et al, 2004)
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