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J Agric Food Chem
; 53(10): 4041-5, 2005 May 18.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15884836
RESUMEN
A method for determining the country of origin of garlic by comparing the trace metal profile of the sample to an authentic garlic database is presented. Protocols for sample preparation, high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and multivariate statistics are provided. The criteria used for making a country of origin prediction are also presented. Indications are that the method presented here may be used to determine the geographic origin of other agricultural products.