Survey of natural radioactivity levels in Ilex paraguariensis (St. Hil.) by gamma-ray spectrometry
The mate tea (Ilex paraguariensis - St. Hil.) is a beverage broadly cultivated and consumed in Brazil. The radioactive traces present in three trademarks of toasted mate tea produced at the south of Brazil were analyzed. Measurements were carried out by gamma-ray spectrometry. The average value for...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
2007-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000500019 |