Investigation of Some Metals in Leaves and Leaf Extracts of Lippia javanica: Its Daily Intake

Table 1

Operational conditions of the atomic absorption spectrometer (FAAS Thermo Scientific model iCE 3,000 series) used for the analysis of some metals in L. javanica leaves and aqueous leaf extracts. The flame was air .

Metal	Wavelength; (nm)	Band pass; (nm)	Lamp current; (mA)	Fuel flow; rate (L/min)	Correlation coefficient ()
Cr	357.9	0.5	10.00	4.2	0.9978
Cu	324.8	0.5	7.50	1.1	0.9992
Fe		0.2	11.25	0.9	0.9988
Mn		0.2	7.50	1.1	0.9971
Pb		0.5	7.50	0.9	0.9985

Cr the flame was N₂O-C₂H₂.
D₂ Quadline background correction.