ABSTRACT
The isotopic ratios of strontium isotope (Sr) and light elements (C/H/O/N) in Dendrobium officinale from different producing areas (Shaoguan, Guangdong; Yulin, Guangxi; Shibing, Guizhou; Wenshan, Yunnan and Zhejiang province) were determined with thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TI-MS) and isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)．The differences of the stable isotope ratios in D. officinale were obtained by the variance analysis and the correlation analysis, and pattern recognition techniques with principal component analysis (PCA) was used to classify the geographical origins of D. officinale from different producing areas．The isotopic ratios of strontium isotope can be used to identified D. officinale in Zhejiang province, and the isotopic ratios of light elements showed the difference followed with the different producing areas. For δD and δ¹⁸ O in samples, maybe influenced by the environment effect. A positive correlation was found between δD and δ ¹⁸O.The principal component analysis was used to discern the samples of D. officinale from different producing areas based on detection technology of stable isotope ratios.These results revealed that it was possible and feasible to classify the geographical origin of D. officinale by the method of determination of isotopes,and provided a new method to identificate origin information of Chinese medicinal materials.