Improved detection of honey adulteration by measuring differences between 13C/12C stable carbon isotope ratios of protein and sugar compounds with a combination of elemental analyzer - isotope ratio mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography - isotope ratio mass spectrometry (δ13C-EA/LC-IRMS)

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 39, Number 5, September-October 2008


Page(s)		574 - 587
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008042
Published online		28 October 2008

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