Stable Isotope Ratios of Herbs and Spices Commonly Used as Herbal Infusions in the Italian Market
Purna Kumar Khatri, Roberto Larcher, Federica Camin, Luca Ziller, Agostino Tonon, Tiziana Nardin, Luana Bontempo
Abstract
H of the herbs and spices went from -31.0 to -11.6, -4.7 to 12.0, -5.0 to 22.0, 14.7 to 46.0, and -158 to -12‰, respectively. The isotopic profiles within and between common botanical families and their similarity/dissimilarity between herbs and spices belonging to the common botanical families are also discussed here. The results of this exploratory work highlight the possibility of characterizing herbs and spices and suggest widening the scope of the survey through more extensive sampling and focusing on specific plant species.
Topics & Concepts
Herbδ13Cδ34SStable isotope ratioIsotope analysisChemistryMedicinal herbsBiologyTraditional medicineEcologyMedicinePhysicsPaleontologyQuantum mechanicsQuartzFluid inclusionsIsotope Analysis in EcologyPacific and Southeast Asian StudiesArchaeology and ancient environmental studies