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Radioactivity from 137Cs in plant drugs and their preparations after Chernobyl
A Menghini1, R Borio, S Chiocchini
1Department of Plant Biology, University of Perugia.
Pharmacological Research Communications
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
The 137 Cs content was determined in 406 plant drug samples harvested in 1986 and 1987 after the Chernobyl accident and in their preparations. Very high values were found in drugs produced in Eastern Europe and in Italy. The decoctions contain about 80% of 137Cs present in the drugs.