A novel UPLC-based method to identify elephant and mammoth ivory

Abstract The illegal ivory trade has led to a sharp decline in wild elephant populations in recent decades, while mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) ivory products have increasingly flooded the marketplace, complicating identification efforts by frontline law enforcement. Existing ivory identification...

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Main Authors: Chang Su, Yingshuang Xie, Bo Wang, Liangyu Cui, Boyang Liu, Yongheng Zhou, Shuhui Yang, Lifeng Zhang, Yanchun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89678-7