Multielement stable isotope ratios (H, C, N, S) of honey from different European regions

Food Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 770-777

  Schellenberg, Antje ^a   Chmielus, Stefanie ^a   Schlicht, Claus ^a   Camin, Federica ^b   Perini, Matteo ^b   Bontempo, Luana ^b   Heinrich, Katharina ^c   Kelly, Simon D ^d   Rossmann, Andreas ^e   Thomas, Freddy ^f   Jamin, Eric ^f   Horacek, Micha ^g  

^a Dienststelle Oberschleißheim ^*  (Germany)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e ISOLAB GMBH   (Germany)

^f Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^g Technology GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Geographic origin; Honey; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHY; HONEY; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 77649342414     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.082     Document Type: Article

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