An improved HPLC method coupled to PCA for the identification of Tyrian purple in archaeological and historical samples

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-80

  Karapanagiotis, Ioannis ^a   Mantzouris, Dimitrios ^b   Cooksey, Chris ^c   Mubarak, Mohammad S ^d   Tsiamyrtzis, Panagiotis ^e  

^a University Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b The Ormylia Foundation   (Greece)

^c not available   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^e ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Dye; HPLC; Tyrian purple

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875901787     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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