Novel HPLC Method to Evaluate the Quality and Identify the Origins of Longjing Green Tea

Analytical Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-73

  Song, Mantong ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Guan, Xiaoying ^b   Wang, Tiejie ^b   Bi, Kaishun ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen Institute for Drug Control   (China)

Author keywords

Fingerprint; LC IT TOF MS; Longjing green tea; Origin identification; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871481493     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.704532     Document Type: Article

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