Evaluation of trace metal concentrations in some herbs and herbal teas by principal component analysis

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 347-354

  Kara, Derya ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic spectrometry; Classification; Cluster analysis; Herbal teas; Herbs; Linear discriminant analysis; Principal component analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149489015     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.054     Document Type: Article

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