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B. Balabanova, T. Stafilov (eds.), Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects,
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66135-9_12
Chapter 12
Characterization of Multi-element Profiles
and Multi-isotope Ratio Records as a Tool
for Determination of the Geographical
Origin of Various Plant Species
Liping Fan, Minxiu Yan, Meicong Wang, Yanqiu Liang, Xiaoguang Kong,
Chong Li, and Biljana Balabanova
Abstract Determination of food authenticity is an important issue in quality
control and food safety. In recent years, many serious diseases appeared related to
foodstuffs, so providing the motivation for the scientific community to work more
intensively in this area. Authenticity is a quality criterion for food and food ingredients and is required more and more worldwide, as a result of legislative protection
for regional foods. Reviews of analytical methods for the determination of geographical origin of food and beverages have been published. However, organic components of a food crop production depend on various conditions (e.g. fertilization,
history of the field, climatic conditions in the year of cultivation, geographic location and soil composition), so it is not always possible to determine the origin of a
product by analysing the organic components. Additionally, methods based on elemental composition have been reviewed as have methods based on isotope ratios.
Over the past decade, with the development of new advanced analytical techniques
[e.g. thermal ionization MS (TIMS), inductively coupled plasma MS (ICP-MS) and
dynamic reaction cell-ICPMS (DRC-ICPMS)], we can successfully retrieve elemental and isotopic compositions of any given food sample and determine the geographic origin successfully. The growing concern of the consumers stimulated
L. Fan · M. Yan
College of Information Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology,
Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, P. R. China
M. Wang · Y. Liang · X. Kong · C. Li
College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical
Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology,
Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, P. R. China
B. Balabanova (*)
Faculty of Agriculture, Goce Delčev University, Stip, Republic of North Macedonia
e-mail: biljana.balabanova@ugd.edu.mk
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
B. Balabanova, T. Stafilov (eds.), Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects,
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66135-9_12
Chapter 12
Characterization of Multi-element Profiles
and Multi-isotope Ratio Records as a Tool
for Determination of the Geographical
Origin of Various Plant Species
Liping Fan, Minxiu Yan, Meicong Wang, Yanqiu Liang, Xiaoguang Kong,
Chong Li, and Biljana Balabanova
Abstract Determination of food authenticity is an important issue in quality
control and food safety. In recent years, many serious diseases appeared related to
foodstuffs, so providing the motivation for the scientific community to work more
intensively in this area. Authenticity is a quality criterion for food and food ingredients and is required more and more worldwide, as a result of legislative protection
for regional foods. Reviews of analytical methods for the determination of geographical origin of food and beverages have been published. However, organic components of a food crop production depend on various conditions (e.g. fertilization,
history of the field, climatic conditions in the year of cultivation, geographic location and soil composition), so it is not always possible to determine the origin of a
product by analysing the organic components. Additionally, methods based on elemental composition have been reviewed as have methods based on isotope ratios.
Over the past decade, with the development of new advanced analytical techniques
[e.g. thermal ionization MS (TIMS), inductively coupled plasma MS (ICP-MS) and
dynamic reaction cell-ICPMS (DRC-ICPMS)], we can successfully retrieve elemental and isotopic compositions of any given food sample and determine the geographic origin successfully. The growing concern of the consumers stimulated
L. Fan · M. Yan
College of Information Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology,
Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, P. R. China
M. Wang · Y. Liang · X. Kong · C. Li
College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical
Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology,
Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, P. R. China
B. Balabanova (*)
Faculty of Agriculture, Goce Delčev University, Stip, Republic of North Macedonia
e-mail: biljana.balabanova@ugd.edu.mk