Stable isotope ratio analysis for verifying the geographical origin of cultured eel in Japan
2009
Nakashita, R.(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Hachioji (Japan)) | Suzuki, Y. | Ichimiya, T. | Korenaga, T.
We determined the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotope ratios of domestic and imported (China and Taiwan) cultured eel, to devise a tool for verifying the geographical origin of eel commercially distributed in Japan. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of domestic eel (deltasup(13)C = -17.6 +- 0.6 permille (mean +- SD) and deltasup(15)N = +16.4 +- 0.7 permille) were higher than those of Taiwan (deltasup(13)C = -20.5 +- 0.7 permille and deltasup(15)N = +13.2 +- 1.5 permille) and Chinese (deltasup(13)C = -21.4 +- 0.5 permille and deltasup(15)N = +14.3 +- 0.9 permille) eel. On the other hand, the oxygen isotope ratio of domestic eel (+7.4 +- 1.4 permille) was lower than that of Taiwan (+ 10.0 +- 1.3 permille) and Chinese (+ 11.1 +- 0.9 permille) eel. These results suggest that carbon, nitrogen and oxygen stable isotope-ratio analysis is applicable as a potential tool for discriminating between domestic and imported cultured eels.
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