Present Status Of Trace Elements And Heavy Metals In AyurvedicMedicines

Abstract

The therapeutic benefits of Ayurvedic medicines are historically well known. Sometimes the concentration of trace and heavy metals can vary depending on their geographical sources, whichcan cause extremely harmful effects. Thus, one of the most important topics nowadays is the assessment of toxicity and safety of these Ayurvedic medicines. The presence of these constituents in the soil of the study area can be linked to the formation of toxicants of these harmful elements. They should be used with caution in the field as their uncontrolled ingestion can have harmful dangerous consequences on their consumers. Analysis by atomic absorption spectrometry allowedthe detection of trace and heavy metals. This paper discusses the current status of trace elements and heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicine. Along with this, the effects of trace elements and heavymetals on human health have also been explained. This research paper also contains about in whatway to determination of Trace element and heavy metal from ayurvedic medicines specially “Ras