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... This study reports the (poly)phenolic fingerprinting and chemometric discrimination of leaves of eight mulberry clones from Morus alba and Morus nigra cultivated in Spain. UHPLC–MSn (Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry) high-throughput analysis allowed the tentative identification of a total of 31 compounds. The phenolic profile of mulberry leaf was characterized by the ...
Elenilson G. Alves Filho; Lorena Mara A. Silva; Paulo R.V. Ribeiro; Edy S. de Brito; Guilherme J. Zocolo; Patrícia C. Souza-Leão; Aline T.B. Marques; Amanda L. Quintela; Flemming H. Larsen; Kirley M. Canuto
... São Francisco River Valley (SFRV) is a wine-producing semi-arid region in Brazil. Therefore, we used a 1H NMR and UPLC-MS-based metabolomic approach coupled to chemometrics to evaluate the variability in Chenin Blanc and Syrah wines for two harvest seasons, two vine training system and six rootstocks. Overall, the secondary metabolites were influenced by the three factors studied, whereas the prim ...
Elenilson G. Alves Filho; Lorena Mara A. Silva; Thamires O. Lima; Paulo R.V. Ribeiro; Cristine S. Vidal; Erika S.S. Carvalho; Janice I. Druzian; Aline T.B. Marques; Kirley M. Canuto
acidity; chemical composition; chemometrics; flavonoids; food chemistry; galacturonic acid; grapes; maceration; mass spectrometry; metabolomics; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; proanthocyanidins; river valleys; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; Brazil
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... Touriga Nacional is a well-adapted Portuguese grape variety in São Francisco River Valley (northeastern Brazil). Nevertheless, it has only been indicated to short-term consumption because of the lack of chemical stability, which is attributed to low grape acidity and incomplete phenolic maturity. Therefore, we used Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled High-resolution Mass Spectrometry, ...
chemometrics; discriminant analysis; distillation; fermentation; least squares; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; metabolomics; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; prediction; principal component analysis; raw materials; rum
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... ¹H NMR spectroscopy combined with chemometrics was applied for the first time for golden rum classification based on several factors as fermentation barrel, raw material, distillation method and aging. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to assess the overall structure, and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was carried out for the analytical discrimination of rums. Additi ...
chemometrics; classification; color; decision support systems; detection; food chemistry; fraud; models; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; sugar content; wine grapes; wines
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... A set of 917 wines of Czech origin were analysed using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) with the aim of building and evaluating multivariate statistical models and machine learning methods for the classification of 6 types based on colour and residual sugar content, 13 wine grape varieties and 4 locations based on ¹H NMR spectra. The predictive models afforded greater than 93% correct ...
adulterated products; chemometrics; discriminant analysis; least squares; models; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; prediction; principal component analysis; rapid methods; vegetable oil
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... Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and chemometrics were employed to detect the adulteration of camellia oil (CAO) with 3 different cheap vegetable oils. With the intensity of 15 selected 1H NMR signals as input variables, principal component analysis (PCA) showed good group clustering results for pure and nonpure CAO, but unsatisfied identification accuracy for the adulterated oil types, ...
Elenilson G. Alves Filho; Francisca D.L. Almeida; Rosane S. Cavalcante; Edy S. de Brito; Patrick J. Cullen; Jesus M. Frias; Paula Bourke; Fabiano A.N. Fernandes; Sueli Rodrigues
amino acids; aromatic compounds; chemometrics; cold; nonthermal processing; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; orange juice; organic acids and salts; ozone; principal component analysis; sugars
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... This study evaluated the effect of atmospheric cold plasma and ozone treatments on the key compounds (sugars, amino acids and short chain organic acids) in orange juice by NMR and chemometric analysis. The juice was directly and indirectly exposed to atmospheric cold plasma field at 70kV for different treatment time (15, 30, 45 and 60sec). For ozone processing different loads were evaluated. The P ...
... The extraordinary organoleptic qualities of Iberian ham derive from the singular producing pig breed and from the traditional rearing conditions, both of which define its lipid content and composition. In this work ¹H NMR spectroscopy is used for the first time to analyse the lipid profile of Iberian hams as determinant of quality. Quantification of fatty acids is readily obtained from the spectra ...
adulterated products; chemometrics; cooking fats and oils; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; headspace analysis; prices; principal component analysis; sesame oil; spectroscopy; China; South East Asia
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... Sesame oil is a traditional and delicious edible oil in China and Southeast Asia with a high price. However, sesame oil essence was often illegally added to cheaper edible oils to counterfeit sesame oil. In this study, a rapid and accurate headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) method was proposed to detect the counterfeit sesame oil where the other cheap oils were adul ...
... Hydrolysates of arabinoxylan extracted from wheat chaff were prepared using different enzymatic treatments with an emphasis on improvements in their anti-diabetic, antioxidant and functional characteristics. The extracted arabinoxylan was subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis using individual xylanase, arabinofuranosidase, and feruloyl esterase, and their combinations. In all obtained hydrolysates, pe ...
chemometrics; chemotaxonomy; cooking fats and oils; electronic nose; electronic tongue; food chemistry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; provenance; quality control
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... This review summarizes the use of spectroscopic processes-based analytical tools coupled with chemometric techniques for the identification of adulterants in edible oil. Investigational approaches of process analytical tools such asspectroscopy techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), hyperspectral imaging (HSI), e-tongue and e-nose combined with chemometrics were used to monitor quality of e ...
... This study aimed to differentiate bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella Bentham) honeydew honey (BHH) from blossom honeys and BHH intentionally adulterated, all of them from three harvests, associating data of aliphatic organic acids (AOA) determined by capillary electrophoresis and chemometric analyses. The profile and concentration of AOA in pure BHH were similar between harvests, but distinct from bloss ...
Scotch whisky; chemometrics; discriminant analysis; ethanol; least squares; malt; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; principal component analysis; provenance; reference standards; wood
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... Scotch Whisky has been analysed as a complex mixture in its raw form using high resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and previously developed water and ethanol suppression techniques. This has allowed for the positive identification of 25 compounds in Scotch Whisky by means of comparison to reference standards, spike-in experiments, and advanced 1D and 2D NMR experiments. Quantification of ...
... In this work, FT-Raman spectroscopy was explored to evaluate spreadable cheese samples. A partial least squares discriminant analysis was employed to identify the spreadable cheese samples containing starch. To build the models, two types of samples were used: commercial samples and samples manufactured in local industries. The method of supervised classification PLS-DA was employed to classify th ...
Raman spectroscopy; cattle; chemometrics; discriminant analysis; feeds; fish meal; gas chromatography; lipids; poultry; sheep; spectral analysis; swine
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... The objectives of the current study were to explore the correlation between Raman spectroscopy and lipid characteristics and to assess the potential of Raman spectroscopic methods for distinguishing the different sources of animal-originated feed based on lipid characteristics. A total of 105 lipid samples derived from five animal species have been analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and FT-Raman ...
algorithms; anthocyanins; chemometrics; data collection; least squares; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; models; provenance; red wines
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... A study of Argentinean red wines was performed by direct injection of untreated wine samples into a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry system, processing the collected data with two chemometric algorithms: multivariate curve resolution with alternating least-squares and discriminant unfolded partial least-squares (D-UPLS). The objectives were: (1) the chemometric resolution of profiles in the ...
chemometrics; mass spectrometry; monitoring; quality control; saffron; volatile organic compounds
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... The applicability of the emerging non-destructive technique, proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS), was explored for the first time in the quality control of saffron. Monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was achieved using a minute sample (35mg). Fresh saffron was stored under selected conditions (25 and 40°C, aw=0.64) over a five weeks period to produce lower quality mate ...
... The Italian hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) cultivar “Tonda Gentile Trilobata” (TGT) is covered by protected geographical indication “Nocciola Piemonte” and is well-known as the best-suited hazelnut for the industrial transformation into roasted kernel. The hazelnut cultivar identification is primarily based on morphological characteristics, so there is the need for more objective analytical method ...
Theobroma cacao; chemometrics; cocoa beans; data collection; fermentation; metabolic studies; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; provenance; Ecuador
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... This study reports for the first time the use of 1H NMR technique combined with chemometrics to study the metabolic profile of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) beans of different varieties, origin and fermentation levels. Results of PCA applied to cocoa bean 1H NMR dataset showed that the main factor influencing the cocoa bean metabolic profile is the fermentation level. In fact well fermented brown bea ...
... A new application of HR-CS FAAS (High Resolution-Continuum Source Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) has been developed for the determination of several trace elements (Ca, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Na and Zn) in infusions made from tea, rooibos and tea with seaweed samples. The proposed methods are fast, inexpensive and show good performances: the mean analytical recovery was approximately 100%. The ...
hardness; models; corn; least squares; particle size; endosperm; chemometrics; protein content; spectroscopy; prediction
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... It has been established in this study that the Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) can describe maize hardness, irrespective of the RVA profile, when used in association with appropriate multivariate data analysis techniques. Therefore, the RVA can complement or replace current and/or conventional methods as a hardness descriptor. Hardness modelling based on RVA viscograms was carried out using seven conve ...
Olea europaea; ant colonies; apigenin; chemometrics; cultivars; databases; extra-virgin olive oil; information processing; luteolin; oleocanthal; principal component analysis; screening; vanillic acid
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... An optimized and validated LC-ESI-QTOF-MS method with an integrated non-target screening workflow was applied in the investigation of the metabolomic profile of 51 Greek monovarietal extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) from the varieties: Manaki, Ladoelia, Koroneiki, Amfissis, Chalkidikis and Kolovi. Data processing was carried out with the R language and XCMS package. A local database consisting of 1 ...
... Chemometric techniques were employed to discriminate two Indonesian seaweed cultivars (Kappaphycus alvarezii and Sargassum duplicatum) based on their physico-functional properties. Data of physico-functional properties, including emulsifying activity and bulk density, were processed using multivariate, discriminant analysis (DA), principal component analysis (PCA), and cluster analysis (CA). Signi ...
... Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) belongs to the family Zingiberaceae that is widely used as a spice in food preparations in addition to its biological activities. UV, FT-IR, 1H NMR in addition to HPLC were applied to construct a metabolic fingerprint for Turmeric in an attempt to assess its quality. 30 samples were analyzed, and then principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analys ...
... The effects of ultrasound (US) frequency, addition of Lactobacillus sakei culture and drying time on key nutritional (protein, amino acids, and organic acids) and physicochemical properties (texture and colour) of cultured and uncultured beef jerky were evaluated. Cultured and uncultured jerky samples were subjected to US frequencies of 25 kHz, 33 kHz and 45 kHz for 30 min prior to marination and ...
... Dried egg pasta is an important and traditional food in the Italian cuisine, and the eggs in pasta improve its nutritional value and organoleptic properties. For this reason the percentage of eggs present in the products sold as “egg pasta” has to always be clearly reported in the label. In this respect, the present research addresses the possibility of developing a method which would allow fast, ...
... Grape variety, vinification, and ageing are factors conditioning the aroma of a wine, with volatile secondary metabolites responsible for the so-called grape varietal character. Particularly, grape glycosylated norisoprenoids are mostly responsible for the sensory profile of Tannat wines, making relevant the use of fast instrumental tools to evaluate their concentration, allow classifying grapes a ...
Júlia Dos Santos Lopes; Amanda Beatriz Sales de Lima; Roberta Ribeiro da Cruz Cangussu; Marcondes Viana da Silva; Sibelli Passini Barbosa Ferrão; Leandro Soares Santos
... The objective of this study was to identify useful chemical markers for the differentiation of true and false cinnamon; to develop a fast and efficient method of differentiation using MIR associated with chemometric methods. A total of 129 cinnamon samples from 3 countries (Brazil, Sri Lanka, and Paraguay) were purchased, being differentiated by visual analysis. The bioactive compounds, antioxidan ...
Oryza sativa; chemometrics; genotype; image analysis; laws and regulations; least squares; neural networks; prediction; principal component analysis; rice; seeds; spectroscopy; support vector machines; transgenic plants
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... Discrimination of genetically modified organisms is increasingly demanded by legislation and consumers worldwide. The feasibility of a non-destructive discrimination of transgenic rice seeds from its non-transgenic counterparts was examined by terahertz spectroscopy imaging system combined with chemometrics. Principal component analysis (PCA), least squares support vector machines (LS-SVM), PCA-ba ...
abiotic stress; chemometrics; cold treatment; drought; food science; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; genomics; heat; heavy metals; liquids; metabolites; metabolomics; multivariate analysis; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; proteomics; salinity; soybeans
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... Qualitative and quantitative metabolomics analysis of all small-molecule metabolites in organisms is an emerging omics technology alongside genomics and proteomics. Plant metabolites are extremely diverse both within species and in terms of their physiological function. Plant metabolomics studies use mainly liquid/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) ...
... The present study aimed to explore the relationship between the grade and the characteristic aroma in Keemun black tea (KBT). Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), sensory evaluation, and chemometrics were employed to determine the changes in the flavor evolution of KBT at grade. The results showed that a total of 110 volatile components wer ...
Konrad Mielcarek; Patryk Nowakowski; Anna Puścion-Jakubik; Krystyna J. Gromkowska-Kępka; Jolanta Soroczyńska; Renata Markiewicz-Żukowska; Sylwia K. Naliwajko; Monika Grabia; Joanna Bielecka; Anita Żmudzińska; Justyna Moskwa; Elżbieta Karpińska; Katarzyna Socha
arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chemometrics; food chemistry; freshwater fish; health effects assessments; lead; mass spectrometry; mercury; risk; Poland
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... The aim of the study was to assess arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) contamination of freshwater fish from Poland. Selected species of raw, smoked, and pickled freshwater fish (n = 212) were evaluated by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Assessment of health risk associated with intake of investigated elements pr ...
chemometrics; cured meats; least squares; models; near-infrared spectroscopy; prediction; sodium; temperature
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... Temperature fluctuations are a key factor in the development of prediction models using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). In the present study, this influence has been investigated and a methodology has been proposed to reduce the effect of sample temperature on NIRS model prediction of the sodium content in dry-cured ham slices. Spectra were taken directly from the slices using a remote measurem ...
Aadil Bajoub; Santiago Medina-Rodríguez; María Gómez-Romero; El Amine Ajal; María Gracia Bagur-González; Alberto Fernández-Gutiérrez; Alegría Carrasco-Pancorbo
chemometrics; data collection; discriminant analysis; extra-virgin olive oil; fluorescence; fruits; high performance liquid chromatography; least squares; models; olives; prediction; principal component analysis
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... High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with diode array (DAD) and fluorescence (FLD) detection was used to acquire the fingerprints of the phenolic fraction of monovarietal extra-virgin olive oils (extra-VOOs) collected over three consecutive crop seasons (2011/2012-2013/2014). The chromatographic fingerprints of 140 extra-VOO samples processed from olive fruits of seven olive varieties, we ...
... This study investigated the volatile phytochemical diversity of 30 samples obtained from experimental hybrid and commercial H. lupulus L. plants. Essential oils distilled from these samples were analysed by high resolution gas chromatography coupled with accurate mass time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC–accTOFMS). A total of 58 secondary metabolites, mainly comprising 18 esters, 6 monoterpene hyd ...
... In this study, a non-invasive and non-destructive microcalorimetric method was applied to assess the toxic effects of two Aconitum herbal medicines, Radix Aconitum Kusnezoffii and Radix A. carmichaeli, on the multiplying and non-multiplying metabolism of Shigella dysenteriae. Some crucial information, such as the thermogenic curves and thermo-kinetic parameters including growth rate constant k, in ...
apple juice; apples; atmospheric pressure; carbonyl compounds; case studies; chemometrics; cultivars; data collection; ionization; mass spectrometry; provenance; spectral analysis; volatile compounds
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... In the present work, we have evaluated for first time the feasibility of APCI-MS volatile compound fingerprinting in conjunction with chemometrics (PLS-DA) as a new strategy for rapid and non-destructive food classification. For this purpose 202 clarified monovarietal juices extracted from apples differing in their botanical and geographical origin were used for evaluation of the performance of AP ...
... Coffee cup quality, determined by the sensory attributes evaluated by professional tasters, is a decisive factor for evaluating coffee, with the “Specialty Coffee Association of America” (SCAA) classification being nowadays considered the most suitable. Panels of trained coffee tasters are used by the industry to describe and evaluate beverage quality, but those evaluations can be subjective and t ...
added sugars; adulterants; adulterated products; chemometrics; coconut water; data collection; food chemistry; high fructose corn syrup; infrared spectroscopy; least squares; prediction; principal component analysis; rapid methods
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... Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), in combination with chemometrics, was explored as a rapid method of detecting sugar adulteration in coconut water. In a simulated experiment, coconut water was substituted with binary sugars, mixed sugars, and high fructose corn syrup and discriminated using the fingerprint infrared band region between 1200 and 950 cm ...
Andressa Rafaella da Silva Bruni; Vitória Maria Almeida Teodoro de Oliveira; Ana Sophia Tovar Fernandez; Otávio Akira Sakai; Paulo Henrique Março; Patrícia Valderrama
... Organic food consumption has increased significantly over time. This contributes to the increased demand and price of this kind of food. Among the organic products, cinnamon stands out for its characteristic flavor and bioactive compounds. Thus, the work aimed to verify the potentials of attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-MIR) coupled with Parallel Fac ...
... The lichen Cetraria islandica or Iceland Moss is commonly consumed as tea, food ingredients (e.g. in soup or bread) and herbal medicines. C. islandica, which has two chemotypes, can be difficult to distinguish from the sister species Cetraria ericetorum. They are collectively referred to as the Cetraria islandica species complex. This study aimed to use an UPLC-QToF-MS chemical profiling together ...
... This study analysed the usefulness of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), combined with volatile compound (VOC) and fatty acid (FA) analyses, for the authentication of the unique Italian Valle d’Aosta Arnad Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) lard. Ensuring the authenticity of high value meat products remains an emerging topic within the food sector. This study validated a FA, VOC and NIRS model ...
... Six Tunisian virgin olive oil (VOO) varieties, Chemlali Sfax, Chetoui, Chemchali, Oueslati, Zarrazi and Zalmati, were characterised by two analytical methods. The gas chromatography allowed the determination of 14 fatty acids and squalene amounts. With fatty acids of each variety, a characteristic “morphotypes” for each oil variety was established. Chemlali Sfax and Zalmati showed strong similarit ...
... The authentication of packing oil from commercial canned tuna and other tuna-like fish species was examined by means of attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and chemometrics. Using partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), it was possible to differentiate olive oil from seed oils. Discrimination of olive oil from high-oleic sunflower oil was po ...
Phaseolus vulgaris; beans; chemometrics; cultivars; digital images; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; models; principal component analysis; quality control; trade
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... Bean authentication can result in higher quality products for commerce. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was applied to digital images in order to develop a methodology that allows the non-destructive discrimination of three Phaseolus vulgaris L. cultivars (Agro ANfc9, IPR-Andorinha, and IPR-Sabiá) having different technological characteristics. Principal component analysis res ...
... The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a multi-analytical approach for origin authentication of cocoa bean shells (CBS). The overall chemical profiles of CBS from different origins were characterized using diffuse reflectance near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and attenuated total reflectance mid-infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR) for molecular composition identification, as well as i ...
adulterated products; chemometrics; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; mass spectrometry; olive oil; sunflower oil; support vector machines; therapeutics
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... Recognized for its nutritional and therapeutic use, extra-virgin Argan Oil (EVAO) is frequently adulterated. Selected-Ion Flow-Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) spectra were applied to quantify adulterants (i.e., Argan oil of lower quality (LQAO), olive oil (OO), and sunflower oil (SO)) in EVAO. Four data sets, i.e., using H₃O⁺, NO⁺, O₂⁺ reagent ions, and the combined data were considered. Soft ind ...
adulterated products; barns; chemometrics; chicken eggs; eggs; farms; markets; models; organic production; production technology; Netherlands; New Zealand
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... Organic production benefits from fair competition and sustained consumer confidence. The latter can only be assured by paper trailing and verification assessments. Traditional analytical strategies for guaranteeing quality and uncovering adulteration have relied on the determination of the amount of a marker compound or compounds in a material and a subsequent comparison of the value(s) obtained w ...
... Saffron is a spice revered for its unique flavor and health attributes often subjected to fraudulence. In this study, molecular networking as a visualization tool for UPLC/MS dataset of saffron and its common substitutes i.e. safflower and calendula (n = 21) was employed for determining genuineness of saffron and detecting its common substitutes i.e. safflower and calendula. Saffron was abundant i ...
... Maca has shown broad application prospects as a new food resource. The function of maca is directly affected by its geographical origin, and an effective method for studying traceability must be established. This study aimed to discriminate maca from different regions at large scales (Peru and China) and small scales (Yunnan, Xinjiang, and Tibet in China) through geographical authentication using ...
... The current study was designed to discriminate and authenticate sesame seeds cultivated in China, Togo, Sudan, Mozambique and Ethiopia. Fingerprinting analysis combined with chemometrics was applied to clarify the differences present in the chemical elements and volatiles of sesame seeds. Clear separations were observed among different groups of sesame seeds. Discrimination models were established ...
Maribel Alexandra Quelal-Vásconez; Riccardo Macchioni; Greta Livi; Édgar Pérez-Esteve; María Jesús Lerma-García; Pau Talens; José Manuel Barat; Mikael Agerlin Petersen; Rasmus Bro
... A total of 56 key volatile compounds present in natural and alkalized cocoa powders have been rapidly evaluated using a non-target approach using stir bar sorptive extraction gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SBSE-GC–MS) coupled to Parallel Factor Analysis 2 (PARAFAC2) automated in PARADISe. Principal component analysis (PCA) explained 80% of the variability of the concentration, in four PCs, ...
... This work aimed at investigating the behaviour of Trolox, vitamin E analogue, in presence of macromolecule-bound antioxidants in aqueous radical medium. Three main groups of macromolecule-bound antioxidants were assayed: dietary fiber (DF), protein and lipid-bound antioxidants, represented by whole wheat, soybean and olive oil products, respectively. Experimental studies were carried out in aqueou ...
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme; chemometrics; cherries; classification; correlation; cost effectiveness; data collection; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; hydroponics; information; mathematical models; multivariate analysis; principal component analysis
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... This study aimed to assess bioactive compounds contents in cherry tomatoes and classify samples according to cultivation techniques. Simple and cost-effective analyses were conducted on 128 samples cultivated using hydroponic, organic, and conventional practices. An HPLC-FD method was validated in-house for eight biogenic amines while antioxidants were evaluated using total phenolic content and an ...
Marco Aurelio Sperança; Juan Esteban Mayorquín-Guevara; Mara Cristina Pessoa da Cruz; Gustavo Henrique de Almeida Teixeira; Fabíola Manhas Verbi Pereira
... Biofortification is a nutritional strategy used to enhance nutrients in a variety of staple foods. As bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are considered staple food in many developing countries, monitoring zinc (Zn) content in biofortified bananas is crucial to ensure this mineral intake. Bananas were biofortified by injecting Zn sulfate heptahydrate (ZnSO₄·7H₂O) solutions into banana trees' pseudos ...
... A method capable of recognising the percentage of olive oil in a blend is required to verify whether its labelling complies with the statements set out by the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1019/2002. In this study an analytical methodology was developed in order to define blends of olive oil and sunflower oil, which contain 50% of olive oil, compared to blends with 40% and 60% of it, respectively ...
... The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of characterisation and classification of Greek unifloral honeys (pine, thyme, fir and orange blossom) according to botanical origin using volatile compounds, conventional physico-chemical parameters and chemometric analyses (MANOVA and Linear Discriminant Analysis). For this purpose, 119 honey samples were collected during the harves ...
... Adulteration of milk with whey is difficult to detect because these two have similar physical and chemical characteristics. The traditional methodologies to monitor this fraud are based on the analysis of caseinomacropeptide. The present study proposes a new approach to detect and quantify this fraud using the fatty acid profiles of milk and whey. Fatty acids C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2 and ...
... The aim of the present study was to characterise and classify Greek pine honeys according to geographical origin, based on the determination of volatile compounds and physicochemical parameters using MANOVA and Linear Discriminant Analysis. Thirty-nine pine honey samples were collected during the harvesting period 2011 from 4 different regions in Greece known to produce good quality pine honey. Th ...
Acacia; Helianthus annuus; acidity; chemometrics; discriminant analysis; electrical conductivity; honey; models; pH; principal component analysis; provenance; water content
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... The characterisation of three unifloral Serbian honeys (acacia, sunflower and linden) was carried out based on some common physicochemical parameters (water content, electrical conductivity, free acidity, optical rotation and pH). A total of 201 honey samples, collected during the 2009 harvesting season, were analysed. Principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) were ...
Zingiber officinale; active ingredients; chemometrics; cluster analysis; discriminant analysis; ginger; high performance liquid chromatography; mathematical models; principal component analysis; product authenticity; provenance; quality control; China; India; Malaysia; Thailand; Vietnam
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... Chromatographic fingerprints of gingers from five different ginger-producing countries (China, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) were newly established to discriminate the origin of ginger. The pungent bioactive principles of ginger, gingerols and six other gingerol-related compounds were determined and identified. Their variations in HPLC profiles create the characteristic pattern of each or ...
chemometrics; factor analysis; fluorescence; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; fluorescent dyes; least squares; models; protected designation of origin; wine vinegars
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... This work assesses the potential of multidimensional fluorescence spectroscopy combined with chemometrics for characterization and authentication of Spanish Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) wine vinegars. Seventy-nine vinegars of different categories (aged and sweet) belonging to the Spanish PDOs “Vinagre de Jerez”, “Vinagre de Montilla-Moriles” and “Vinagre de Condado de Huelva”, were analyz ...
... The objective of the present study was: i) to characterize Mediterranean citrus honeys based on conventional physicochemical parameter values, volatile compounds, and mineral content ii) to investigate the potential of above parameters to differentiate citrus honeys according to geographical origin using chemometrics. Thus, 37 citrus honey samples were collected during harvesting periods 2013 and ...
... The root of Panax quinquefolius L. (RPQ) is considered as an important functional food and rich in bioactive components, ginsenosides. To comprehensively characterize ginsenosides and evaluate the quality of RPQ from different sources, UPLC-Triple TOF-MS coupled with UFLC-ESI-MS/MS was applied to untargeted metabolites and targeted analysis for the first time. In untargeted metabolites analysis, a ...
carbon; chemometrics; data analysis; discriminant analysis; mass spectrometry; nitrogen; oxygen; provenance; stable isotopes; support vector machines; Brazil
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... Authentication of ground coffee has become an important issue because of fraudulent activities in the sector. In the current work, sixty-seven Brazilian coffees produced in different geographical origins using organic (ORG, n = 25) and conventional (CONV, n = 42) systems were analyzed for their stable isotope ratios (δ13C, δ18O, δ2H, and δ15N). Data were analyzed by inferential analysis to compare ...
chemometrics; cluster analysis; honey; mineral content; principal component analysis; spectroscopy; trace elements; variance
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... Chemical characterisation has been carried out on 45 honey samples collected from Hatay region of Turkey. The concentrations of 17 elements were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Ca, K, Mg and Na were the most abundant elements, with mean contents of 219.38, 446.93, 49.06 and 95.91mgkg−1 respectively. The trace element mean contents ranged between 0. ...
... A comparative study of the aroma (volatile composition and olfactometric profiles) of Asturian and Basque still ciders in two maturation stages was conducted. Among the major volatile compounds, amyl alcohols, ethyl lactate and ethyl acetate were quantitatively relevant in all of the ciders studied. The minor fraction mainly consisted of fatty acids, volatile phenols and alcohols. Three PLS-discri ...
accuracy; blue cheese; chemometrics; data analysis; data collection; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; models; prediction; product authenticity; research; solid phase microextraction
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... Understanding which volatile compounds discriminate between products can be useful for quality, innovation or product authenticity purposes. As dataset size and dimensionality increase, linear chemometric techniques like partial least squares discriminant analysis and variable identification (PLS-DA-VID) may not identify the most discriminant compounds. This research compared the performance of se ...
... Linden trees are a source of food products called lime flowers (Tiliae flos), traditionally used in the form of infusion for the treatment of feverish colds and coughs. Lime flowers should include flowers of Tilia cordata Mill, T.x europaea L., and T. platyphyllos Scop. or a mixture of these. The aim of current research was to establish a fast, sensitive HPTLC (high-performance thin-layer chromato ...
... Headspace solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC/MS) with electronic nose (E-nose) and electronic tongue (E-tongue) was applied for flavor characterization of traditional Chinese fermented soybean paste. Considering geographical distribution and market representation, twelve kinds of samples were selected to investigate the feasibility. A total of 57 volatile ...
anthocyanins; atomic force microscopy; beverages; binding sites; bovine serum albumin; chemometrics; circular dichroism spectroscopy; color; denaturation; differential scanning calorimetry; fluorescence; food colorants; hydrogen bonding; model food systems; oxidation; pH; spectral analysis; stoichiometry; temperature; ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy; van der Waals forces
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... Anthocyanins as one of the main natural groups of food colorants undergo quick color fading, which can be diminished through protein association. The stabilization of cyanidin-3-glucoside (CYG) through binding to bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated at pH 3.0 using atomic force microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry along with UV–Vis absorption, steady-state fluorescence, circular ...
Emmanuelle Ferreira Requião Silva; Bruna Rosa da Silva Santos; Lucas Almir Cavalcante Minho; Geovani Cardoso Brandão; Márcio de Jesus Silva; Mariângela Vieira Lopes Silva; Walter Nei Lopes dos Santos; Ana Maria Pinto dos Santos
... In this study, mineral composition, centesimal composition and lead were evaluated in pine nut seeds (raw and cooked) from five Brazilian states. Mineral composition was determined by ICP OES and lead by GF AAS. The results for minerals were evaluated by Boxplot, PCA and HCA, using the R software. Average minerals in raw and cooked samples (mg 100 g⁻¹) were: 15.2 and 10.8 (Ca), 0.168 and 0.113 (Cu ...
adulterants; adulterated products; chemometrics; cranberries; fruits; high performance liquid chromatography; least squares; polyphenols; principal component analysis
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... HPLC-UV was applied to the analysis and characterization of fruit-based and fruit-processed products. A Kinetex C18 reversed-phase column was proposed under gradient elution for the determination of 17 polyphenols. Acceptable sensitivity (LODs below 0.16mg/L), and good linearity (r2 higher than 0.995), precision (RSD below 6.8%), and method trueness (relative errors below 11%) were obtained. Data ...
Mayara Fumiere Lemos; Consuelo Perez; Pedro Henrique Pereira da Cunha; Paulo Roberto Filgueiras; Lucas Louzada Pereira; Aymbiré Francisco Almeida da Fonseca; Demian R. Ifa; Rodrigo Scherer
Coffea canephora; caffeine; chemical composition; chemometrics; chlorogenic acid; commercialization; cultivars; genotype; metabolites; sensory evaluation; sensory properties; sugars; trigonelline; world markets
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... The study of Brazilian Conilon coffee genotypes with unknown chemical composition and sensory quality is extremely important since these data may contribute to the launching of new coffee cultivars in the international market with high cup quality. The present study aimed to investigate the metabolic profile of 3 genotypes of Conilon and compared them to Robusta Tropical and Arabica coffees, all c ...
Aline G. Cunha; Elenilson G. Alves Filho; Lorena Mara A. Silva; Paulo Riceli V. Ribeiro; Tigressa Helena S. Rodrigues; Edy S. de Brito; Maria Raquel A. de Miranda
anthocyanins; chemical composition; chemometrics; coconut water; color; cytokinins; data collection; fructose; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; glucose; ionization; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; palmitic acid; procyanidins; secondary metabolites; stearic acid
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... Thermally-processed coconut water often develop a commercially-undesirable pink color, thus, NMR, UPLC-HRMS, GC–MS analyses combined with chemometrics approach were applied to evaluate chemical variations in comparison to tender water (control) that could explain such color change. Chemometrics on negative ionization mode dataset showed trimeric and A-type dimeric procyanidins, and caffeoylshikimi ...
Gardenia jasminoides; chemometrics; cluster analysis; fruits; high performance liquid chromatography; ionization; mass spectrometry; principal component analysis; quality control
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... A fingerprint analysis method has been developed for characterization and discrimination of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis from different areas. The chemometrics methods including similarity evaluation, principal components analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) were introduced to identify more useful chemical markers for improving the quality control standard of dried ripe fruits o ...
chemometrics; flavanols; green tea; herbs; ions; models; nitrogen; phenolic acids; physicochemical properties; tandem mass spectrometry
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... To reveal the characteristic chemical profiles of Pu-erh raw tea (PRT) and traditional green tea (TGT), a high-throughput analytical method based on UPLC-Q-Orbitrap-MS/MS was proposed. 145 components were characterized with a three-level qualitative strategy and the integrated filtering strategy combining nitrogen rule, mass defect, and diagnostic ions information. 124 components were quantified u ...
... Chemometric discrimination of extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) from whole and stoned olive pastes was carried out by using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) data and partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS1-DA) approach. Four Italian commercial EVOO brands, all in both whole and stoned version, were considered in this study. The adopted chemometric methodologies were able to describe the di ...
... In this work, fruit juices have been analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to measure whole amino acid profiles for various fruit types. The fruit juice authentication capabilities of whole amino acid profiles employed in various multivariate analysis methods including principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS) analysis have been investigated. PCA of the ...
... The frying performance of sunflower oil blends (SOBs) stabilized with oleoresin rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) (ROSM) (200–1500mg/kg) and ascorbyl palmitate (AP) (100–300mg/kg) were tested for 18hopen pan-frying. Sunflower oil with TBHQ (SOTBHQ) (200mg/kg) and without additives (SOcontrol) served as positive and negative controls, respectively. The frying stability was monitored over time by ...
... Herbs (mint, thyme and rosemary) and spices (black pepper, chili pepper, cinnamon, cumin, sweet red pepper and turmeric) were analysed using atomic spectrometry and then subjected to chemometric evaluation in an attempt to classify them using their trace metallic analyte concentrations (As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Sr and Zn). Trace metals in acid digests of these materials were det ...
... An HS-SPME method was developed using multivariate experimental designs, which was conducted in two stages. The significance of each factor was estimated using the Plackett–Burman (P–B) design, for the identification of significant factors, followed by the optimization of the significant factors using central composite design (CCD). The multivariate experiment involved the use of Minitab® statisti ...
... Determining the geographical origin of wines is a major challenge in wine authentication, but little information is available regarding non-parametric statistical approaches for wines. In this study, we collected 33 domestic Chardonnay wines vinified on a small scale from grapes cultivated in Japan, and 42 Chardonnay wines imported from 8 countries, for oxygen stable isotope and multi-element anal ...
... Milk samples from 1264 cows in 85 farms were authenticated for different farming-systems using a 10-fold cross-validated linear-discriminant-analysis using Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FTIRS) and gas-chromatographic fatty-acid (FA) profiles. FTIRS gave correct classification greater than FAs (97.4% vs. 81.1%) during calibration, but slightly worse in validation (73.5% vs 77.3%) and their co ...
... The objective of this study was to develop a method for authenticating organic milk samples in North Spain on the basis of its trace mineral composition. Fourteen elements in 98 samples were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Although concentrations of Co, Cr, Cu, I, Se and Zn where statistically higher in conventional milk and As in organic, none of these elements by itse ...
... We report an application of data fusion for chemometric classification of 135 canned samples of Chinese lager beers by manufacturer based on the combination of fluorescence, UV and visible spectroscopies. Right-angle synchronous fluorescence spectra (SFS) at three wavelength difference Δλ=30, 60 and 80nm and visible spectra in the range 380–700nm of undiluted beers were recorded. UV spectra in the ...
Garcinia; Neotropics; active ingredients; benzophenones; chemometrics; flavonoids; fruits; introduced plants; metabolites; raw materials; trees
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... Garcinia madruno is a neotropical tree characterized by its exotic fruit and its functional compounds. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression and variability of the chemical markers of G. madruno according to the part of the plant used, the origin and the ripeness stage by applying chemometric tools. A total of 167 samples were evaluated, and 27 compounds were quantified per sample. ...
... During fruit juice powdering process numerous alterations may occur as a result of interactions of native bioactives and carriers. The objective was to investigate the effect of carrier addition on the changes in polyphenols’ profile in chokeberry powders obtained by spray- (180 °C), vacuum- (50, 70, 90 °C) and freeze-drying and to evaluate the interactions between bioactives toward formation of p ...
... In this research, a green, selective and inexpensive switchable hydrophilicity solvent-based liquid phase microextraction (SHS-LPME) procedure has been optimized for the extraction and preconcentration of sulfadiazine (SDZ) in milk, honey and water samples prior to spectrophotometric analysis. Five variables affecting the SHS-LPME procedure were optimized using chemometric-based central composite ...
... The aim of this work is the evaluation of quality indicators for the estimation of the shelf life of opened cans using the migration of specific metals as variables. For this reason the determination of targeted analytes such as: Cd, Pb, As, Cu, Cr, Ni, Fe, Mn and Sn in different canned samples (cardoon, tuna, green and red beans, corn, and fungi) by Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry ( ...
... Licorice is famous as a herbal medicine and food sweetener. This study provided a comprehensive strategy for investigating the quality of licorice based on untargeted metabolomics. A new strategy for identifying metabolite was developed, including fragment ion identification algorithm and ion fusion algorithm. The results showed that it can accurately integrate mass spectra from positive and negat ...
analysis of variance; calcium; chemometrics; color; genes; genetic distance; genetic improvement; green beans; iron; navy beans; nutrients; nutritive value; seed coat; soybeans; Nigeria
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... Brown beans are the preferred varieties over the white beans in Nigeria due to their assumed richer nutrients. This study was aimed at assessing and characterising some popular Nigerian common beans for their nutritive value based on seed coat colour. Three varieties, each, of Nigerian brown and white beans, and one, each, of French bean and soybean were analysed for 19 nutrients. Z-statistics tes ...
... Fish protein hydrolysates (FPH) obtained from industrial processing residues are sources of bioactive peptides. The enzymatic hydrolysis process is essential in obtaining specific bioactivities such as inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE). In this study the effect of different hydrolysis conditions on the properties of FPH to inhibit the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. A chemometric e ...
Malus domestica; Prunus persica; analysis of variance; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chemometrics; cluster analysis; copper; lead; nickel; soil; spectroscopy; zinc; Serbia
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... The samples of spatial soils and different organs of Prunus persica L. Batech and Malus domestica were analyzed by methods such as inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA), One-way ANOVA, and calculation of biological accumulation factors (BAFs) with the aim of investigating whether these methods may help in the evaluation of trace met ...
beer quality; beers; chemometrics; food chemistry; gravity; guidelines; least squares; models; molecular weight; mouthfeel; palate; total nitrogen; variability; viscosity
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... Palate fullness and mouthfeel of beer are key attributes of sensory beer quality. Non-volatile substances and molar mass fractions influence sensory perceptions of palate fullness and mouthfeel. However, systematic correlations between sensory attributes and native beer compounds have not been evaluated within the concentration range found in lager beer. This article reports a chemometric analysis ...
chemometrics; food chemistry; food safety; garlic; provenance; sulfur; China
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... Geographical origin discrimination of agro-products is essential to guarantee food safety and fair trade. Garlic samples cultivated in six provinces or major production regions in China were characterized for stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ²H, δ¹⁸O, δ¹⁵N, and δ³⁴S), bioelemental contents (% C, % N and % S), and sulfur-containing compounds (8 organosulfur components and 2 amino acids). Results showed that ...
... Bovine milk lipids can be replaced with cheaper indigenous vegetable oils to produce milk alternatives with healthier saturated/unsaturated fat balance for those in areas where milk supply is poor or even absent. A wide range of vegetable oils can be used, but their impacts when blended with skimmed milk powder to formulate filled milk powder (FMP) are still unknown. We investigate the baseline va ...
... The chemometric issues related to the application of non-targeted analysis for the detection of food frauds were analyzed employing discriminant analysis and a one-class classifier. The similarities and differences between the two methods were investigated. The results of classification are characterized by a set of indices called figures of merit. They comprehensively characterized the quality an ...
Vinnícius Henrique Cerqueira da Silva; André Luiz Sampaio da Silva junior; Ivon Pinheiro Lôbo; Erik Galvao Paranhos da Silva; Marcos Almeida Bezerra; Allison Gonçalves Silva; Luciano da Silva Lima; Raildo Mota de Jesus
... In this work, a method was developed for the determination of Na, K, Ca, Mg, P, S, Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu by ICP OES and caffeine and epicatechin by HPLC-DAD in industrialized guarana-based beverages. The acid digestion in microwave oven was optimized by constrained mixture design. The optimum volumes found for the reagents were 2.60 mL (HNO₃), 1.80 mL (H₂O₂), and 0.60 mL (HCl) for a final volume of 1 ...
... Chemometric tools equipped with a Plackett–Burman (P–B) design, a central composite design (CCD) and a desirability profile were employed to optimise the QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) method for the quantification of thiacloprid, spirotetramat and spirotetramat’s four metabolites in pepper. The average recoveries were in the range of 71.6–119.5%, with relative standard ...