Chemistry of archaeological animal fats

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 660-668

  Evershed, Richard P ^a   Dudd, Stephanie N ^a   Copley, Mark S ^a   Berstan, Robert ^a   Stott, Andrew W ^a   Mottram, Hazel ^a   Buckley, Stephen A ^a   Crossman, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; DISULFIDE; FAT; FATTY ACID; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIZATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0036667308     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar000200f     Document Type: Article

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