Improved detection of honey adulteration by measuring differences between 13C/12C stable carbon isotope ratios of protein and sugar compounds with a combination of elemental analyzer - Isotope ratio mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography - Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (δ13C-EA/LC-IRMS)

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 574-587

  Elflein, Lutz ^a   Raezke, Kurt Peter ^a  

^a APPLICA GmbH Applied Chemical Analysis   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C values; Adulteration; C3 sugar; C4 sugar; EA IRMS; Honey; LC IRMS

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DETECTION METHOD; HONEY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUGAR;

EID: 55049118188     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008042     Document Type: Article

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