Abstract: By wet digestion procedure with HNO₃/H₂O₂ to prepare samples, the mineral elements in Scindapsus aureus (Linden ex Andre) Engler were completely analyzed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). The results showed that there were 16 mineral elements including K, P, Ca, Mg, S, Al, Si, Fe, Na, Mn, Zn, Sr, B, Ba, Cu and Ti in Scindapsus aureus. Except that of Ti, the RSD of other mineral elements were less than 4%. The recovery rate was between 90.3% and 110.9%. Among them, those of 10 mineral elements were within (100±5)%. The mass fraction of such necessary macrometals in the human body, such as K, P, Ca, Mg, S and Na, were 0.66%, 0.40%, 0.27%, 0.23%, 0.17% and 0.004%, respectively. The contents of microminerals such as Fe, Zn, Cu, Si, Mn, and B, were 48.4, 30.8, 6.5, 151, 36.3 and 16.5 mg/kg, respectively.

Key words: Scindapsus aureus (Linden ex Andre) Engler, microwave decomposition, mineral element, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES)