Differentiation of eight tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivars in China by elemental fingerprint of their leaves

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2350-2355

  Chen, Yingxu ^a   Yu, Mingge ^a,b   Xu, Jie ^a,c   Chen, Xincai ^a   Shi, Jiyan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAOGUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Cultivar; Elemental fingerprint; ICP AES; Pattern recognition; Tea

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 70350068173     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3716     Document Type: Article

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