Table 1 XRF analysis for the elemental composition of mercuric-sulphide based metallopharmaceuticals Sivanar Amirtham.

From: Mercuric-sulphide based metallopharmaceutical formulation as an alternative therapeutic to combat viral and multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections

Elements in oxide form

Element form

Formula

Concentration (%)

Formula

Concentration (%)

SO3

70.19

S

78.84

Hg

0.87

Hg

0.87

As2O3

0.76

As

0.58

K2O

5.11

K

4.24

Al2O3

0.65

Al

0.34

Na2O

8.20

Na

6.08

CaO

3.93

Ca

2.81

MgO

4.36

Mg

2.63

SiO2

2.56

Si

1.20

Cl

1.51

Cl

1.51

P2O5

1.55

P

0.68

TiO2

0.08

Ti

0.05

Fe2O3

0.08

Fe

0.06

MnO

0.07

Mn

0.05

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