2024
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4442912/v1
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Health Risk Assessment of Toxic Metals Consumed Through Plant-Based Anti-Diabetic Therapeutics Collected in the Northern Divisional City of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Nazmul Islam,
Rausan Zamir,
Omar Faruque

Abstract: The present study investigates human health risks upon consumption of herbal medicines in terms of ten toxic metals in twenty plant-based anti-diabetic therapeutics. The analysis of metals was determined by an atomic absorption spectrometer after microwave-assisted digestion. The computation of hazard quotients (HQ) and hazard indexes (HI) of metals leads to the assessment of non-carcinogenic health risks. Carcinogenic risk was assessed based on cancer slope factor (CSF) and chronic daily intake (CDI) values. … Show more

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