Heavy and light beer: A carbon isotope approach to detect C4 carbon in beers of different origins, styles, and prices

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 6413-6418

  Brooks, J Renée ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^b   Phillips, Sue ^a,k   Ehleringer, Bruce ^c   Evans, R David ^d   Lott, Mike ^a   Martinelli, Luiz A ^e   Pockman, William T ^f   Sandquist, Darren ^g   Sparks, Jed P ^h   Sperry, Lynda ⁱ   Williams, Dave ^j   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Washington Group International   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ Bechtel SAIC Company LLC   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

13C; Adjuncts; Beer; C3; C4; Carbon isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SUCROSE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BEER; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; COST; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; MEXICO; RICE; UNITED STATES; YEAST;

BEER; BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ARUNDINARIA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037164113     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020594k     Document Type: Article

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