Carbon isotopic dietary signatures of amino acids

Thesis

In an exploratory study, techniques were developed for isolating bulk plant proteins and measuring the ¹³C isotopic compositions of their constituent amino acids by HPLC-IRMS. Samples of plants expected to be of potential palaeodietary significance in northwestern Europe were selected for investigation.

Different tissues of plants, leaves and seeds, may be distinguished from each other by the relative ¹³C isotopic compositions (‘isotopic signatures’) of the amin...

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Authors: Lynch, A

• Publication date: 2011
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: HPLC; Amino acid; archaeological science; 13C; Palaeodiet; isotope
• Subjects: Archeology; Molecular Plant Physiology