Table 1.

Elemental analysis of PRME by AAS and ICP-MS

AAS		ICP-MS
Elements	PPM level	Elements	PPM level	Elements	PPM level
Calcium	25,224.95 ± 0.13	Strontium	97.42 ± 0.020	Aluminum	510.94 ± 0.041
Potassium	1299.99 ± 0.19	Chromium	2.96 ± 0.025	Iron	138.97 ± 0.043
Magnesium	885.54 ± 0.51	Nickel	5.13 ± 0.015	Lead	0.68 ± 0.01
Sodium	499.80 ± 0.26	Zinc	5.98 ± 0.07	Lithium	0.98 ± 0.02
Phosphorus	351.12 ± 0.14	Barium	67.17 ± 0.015	Cobalt	0.20 ± 0.005
Manganese	13.59 ± 0.40	Selenium	0.29 ± 0.005	Beryllium	ND
Copper	9.52 ± 0.05	Cadmium	0.98 ± 0.005	Arsenic	ND
		Cesium	0.02 ± 0.005	Indium	ND
		Titanium	0.08 ± 0.005	Silver	ND

Where; ppm parts per million, PRME Pterospermum rubiginosum methanolic bark extract; values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3)