Quantitative elemental analysis of Celocia argentea leaves by ICP-OES technique using various digestion methods

All the nutrients as well as toxic elements are quantified successfully by ICP-OES technique by all methods of digestion. Dry and wet digestion methods are tedious and time consuming compare to microwave digestion method, which is greener and simpler. Kruskal-Wallis test can be employed for non-parametric methods to compare more than two population average which do not require any specific form of the distribution of the population. The C. argentea can be used as supplementary food for deficiency of minerals like Fe, Mg and Ca.