Carbon and nitrogen natural stable isotopes in slovene honey: Adulteration and botanical and geographical aspects

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 12794-12803

  Kropf, Urška ^a   Golob, Terezija ^a   Nečemer, Marijan ^b   Kump, Peter ^b   Korošec, Mojca ^a   Bertoncelj, Jasna ^a   Ogrinc, Nives ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; adulteration; botanical origin; chemometry; geographical origin; isotope ratio; LDA; natural stable isotope; Slovene honey

Indexed keywords

ADULTERATION; BOTANICAL ORIGIN; CHEMOMETRY; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; ISOTOPE RATIO; LDA; NATURAL STABLE ISOTOPE; SLOVENE HONEY;

FOOD PRODUCTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; PLANT; QUALITY CONTROL; SLOVENIA; STANDARD;

CARBON ISOTOPES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SLOVENIA;

ABIES; PICEA;

EID: 78650390300     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf102940s     Document Type: Article

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