The role of elements particularly trace elements in health and disease is now well established. In this paper we investigate the presence of various elements in two herbs Celosia argentea and Cubeba officinalis. The both herbs are used for liver ailments and other diseases. Two wet acid digestion methods were used for the determination of total elements such as Zn, Cr, K, Mg, Ca, Na, Cu, Fe, Pb, AI, Sa, Mn, Co, Ni, and Cd in both plants. Sample digested with Nitric acid and 30% Hydrogen peroxide, is found to be more efficient to decompose the biological material as compared to the sample digested with sulphuric acid and Nitric acid mixture. It has been observed that, the level of essential elements was found to be high as compared to the trace and toxic elements. The considerable amount of amount of Zn, Fe, Co was found in these plants. The considerable amount of water extractable elements was also present in both plants.
S R SAHITO ,A N MEMON ,T G KAZI ,G H KAZI ,Z A PIRZADO ,G Q SHAR ,