Elemental composition of edible nuts: Fast optimization and validation procedure of an ICP-OES method

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2271-2278

  Tošić, Snežana B ^a   Mitić, Snežana S ^a   Velimirović, Dragan S ^a   Stojanović, Gordana S ^a   Pavlović, Aleksandra N ^a   Pecev Marinković, Emilija T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Elemental composition; ICP OES; Method optimization and validation; Nuts; Statistics

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALMOND; ANACARDIACEAE; ARACHIS; BERTHOLLETIA; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HUMAN; JUGLANDACEAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANACARDIACEAE; ARACHIS; BERTHOLLETIA; DIET; HUMANS; JUGLANDACEAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; NUTS; PRUNUS DULCIS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84934344215     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6946     Document Type: Article

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