The persistence of caffeine in experimentally produced black drink residues

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2312-2319

  Reber, Eleanora A ^a   Kerr, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed residue analysis; Biomarker; Black drink; Caffeine; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Ilex vomitoria

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMARKER; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA;

NORTH AMERICA;

ILEX VOMITORIA;

EID: 84860889248     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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