Stable isotope ratio and elemental composition parameters in combination with discriminant analysis classification model to assign country of origin to commercial vegetables – A preliminary study

Food Control

Volumn 80, Issue , 2017, Pages 252-258

  Mahne Opatić, Anja ^a   Nečemer, Marijan ^a   Lojen, Sonja ^a,b   Vidrih, Rajko ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^c Microbiomics and Biotechnology   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Elemental content; Food traceability; Geographical origin; Stable isotopes; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019119172     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.05.010     Document Type: Article

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