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Geographical discrimination of Cyclocarya paliurus tea for origin traceability based on multielement analysis by
1School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
Objective:
This paper focused on the geographical discrimination of Cyclocarya paliurus tea for origin traceability based on multielement analysis by ICP-OES and chemometrics multivariate.
Methods:
In this study, eleven trace element concentrations were determined by ICP-OES and processed by multivariate statistical analysis.
Results:
Based on ANOVA, the mean concentrations of 10 elements except Co differed significantly among six origins. Pearson's correlation analysis showed that 11 pairs of elements have a positive significant correlation and 12 pairs have a negative significant correlation. The geographical origins were effectively differentiated using the eleven elements combined with PCA. And the S-LDA model offered a 100% differentiation rate.
Conclusion:
The overall results suggested that the combination of multielement analysis by ICP-OES and chemometrics multivariate could trace the geographical origins of tea. And the paper can provide reference for quality control and quality evaluation of C. paliurus in the future.
