Trace mineral content of Argentinean raw propolis by neutron activation analysis (NAA): Assessment of geographical provenance by chemometrics

LWT

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 256-260

  Cantarelli, Miguel Ángel ^a   Camiña, José Manuel ^b   Pettenati, Elisa Margarita ^a   Marchevsky, Eduardo Jorge ^a   Pellerano, Roberto Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Linear discriminant analysis; NAA; Pattern recognition techniques; Raw propolis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOTION COMPENSATION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; GEOGRAPHICAL PROVENANCES; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYZE; MINERAL CONTENT; NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITIONS TECHNIQUES; RAW PROPOLIS; STEPWISE LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; TRACE MINERALS; TRACES ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 77956877862     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2010.06.031     Document Type: Article

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