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SUBMITTER: Martinelli LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146444 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martinelli Luiz A LA Nardoto Gabriela B GB Perez Maria A Z MAZ Junior Geraldo Arruda GA Fracassi Fabiana C FC Oliveira Juliana G G JGG Ottani Isadora S IS Lima Sarah H SH Mazzi Edmar A EA Gomes Taciana F TF Soltangheisi Amin A Filho Adibe L Abdalla ALA Mariano Eduardo E Costa Fabio J V FJV Duarte-Neto Paulo J PJ Moreira Marcelo Z MZ Camargo Plinio B PB
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200324 6
Several previous studies on targeted food items using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in Brazil have revealed that many of the items investigated are adulterated; mislabeled or even fraud. Here, we present the first Brazilian isotopic baseline assessment that can be used not only in future forensic cases involving food authenticity, but also in human forensic anthropology studies. The δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N were determined in 1245 food items and 374 beverages; most of them ...[more]