Determination of the geographical origin of Chinese teas based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 824-830

  Zhang, Long ^a,b   Pan, Jia Rong ^b   Zhu, Cheng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geographical origin; Stable carbon isotope ratios; Stable nitrogen isotope ratios; Tea

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TEA;

EID: 84869123083     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1200046     Document Type: Article

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