Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometric Determination of Some Elements from Anchusa azurea Mill. Collected in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Abstract

The Anchusa azurea Mill. (Boraginaceae) is naturally grown in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and one of those plants that are used by many Kurdish people for cooking especially in the villages. It is a perennial plant and represented in wild Iraq by 26 genera and about 93 species. The present study includes the estimation of elements in the seeds, stems, roots, and leaves of Anchusa azurea Mill. Firstly, the percentage of moisture and total ash were determined. After that, the concentration of twenty-one elements was determined from thirty-three elements in plant parts using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The determined elements were: (