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Table 8

EDX weight and atomic percentage of the various elements detected in Anastatica hierochuntica L.

(a)  

Branch 1			Stigma			Stem
Element	Weight%	Atomic%	Element	Weight%	Atomic%	Element	Weight%	Atomic%
C K	38.78	48.13	C K	35.19	46.77	C K	16.98	24.81
O K	49.31	45.95	O K	42.73	42.63	O K	52.42	57.50
Al K	2.18	1.21	Mg K	0.85	0.56	Mg K	1.25	0.90
Si K	6.89	3.66	Al K	3.61	2.13	Al K	5.09	3.31
Ca K	2.84	1.05	Si K	7.19	4.09	Si K	18.51	11.57
			K K	1.19	0.49	K K	1.33	0.59
			Ca K	6.11	2.43	Ca K	0.78	0.34
			Fe K	3.14	0.90	Zn K	3.64	0.98
Totals	100.00		Totals	100.00		Totals	100.00

(b)  

Branch 2			Flower			Powder
Element	Weight%	Atomic%	Element	Weight%	Atomic%	Element	Weight%	Atomic%
C K	39.52	50.12	C K	17.96	26.59	C K	42.10	50.31
O K	46.73	44.49	O K	46.35	51.52	O K	53.72	48.20
Si K	1.01	0.55	Mg K	0.39	0.29	Ca K	4.18	1.50
Ca K	12.74	4.84	Al K	1.67	1.10
			Si K	31.10	19.70
			Fe K	2.53	0.80
Totals	100.00		Totals	100.00		Totals	100.00