A comparison of samples preparation strategies in the multi-elemental analysis of tea by spectrometric methods

Food Research International

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 922-930

  Welna, Maja ^a   Szymczycha Madeja, Anna ^a   Pohl, Pawel ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Digestion; Multi elemental analysis; Sample preparation; Spectrometry; Tea

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC AND MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MULTI-ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURE; SPECTROMETRIC METHODS; SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUE; TEA;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SLUDGE DIGESTION; SPECTROMETRY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84882844053     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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