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Heavy metals and pesticides in medicinal plants: environmental sources, plant responses, and human health risk assessment.

P. Shukla P. Gupta Arpit Singh Nitesh Singh A. Maurya Lav Singh D. Rai Mamta Gour T. C. Dakal G. Saxena
Aug 2026 · Biometals · 0 citations · 111 references
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This review traces how heavy metals including Pb, Cd, As, Hg, Cr and Ni along with pesticide residues enter medicinal plants, disrupt their physiology, impair secondary metabolite production and ultimately reach human consumers.

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