Detection of adulteration of commercial honey samples by the 13C/12C isotopic ratio

Food Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 633-636

  Padovan, G J ^a   De Jong, D ^b   Rodrigues, L P ^a   Marchini, J S ^a  

^a Clinical Medicine   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gas chromatograph mass spectrometry; Honey adulteration; Isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; FRUCTOSE; ISOTOPE; PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; HONEYBEE; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUGARCANE;

APOIDEA; ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037828308     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00504-6     Document Type: Article

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