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T Parker1, E Limer2, A D Watson3

  • 1School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.

Trends in Analytical Chemistry : TRAC
|May 23, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
60 MHz 1H NMRAuthenticityBench-top NMRChemometricsDouble-bond vibrationEdible oilFTIRHazelnut oilOlive oilScreening

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