Rapid geographical indication of peppercorn seeds using corona discharge mass spectrometry

Abstract With increasing demands for more rapid and practical analyses, various techniques of ambient ionization mass spectrometry have gained significant interest due to the speed of analysis and abundance of information provided. Herein, an ambient ionization technique that utilizes corona dischar...

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Autores principales: Preeyarad Charoensumran, Monrawat Rauytanapanit, Nontawat Sricharoen, Barry L. Smith, Kanet Wongravee, Simon Maher, Thanit Praneenararat
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/699518156c984ad7b65139945c3d5e27
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Sumario:Abstract With increasing demands for more rapid and practical analyses, various techniques of ambient ionization mass spectrometry have gained significant interest due to the speed of analysis and abundance of information provided. Herein, an ambient ionization technique that utilizes corona discharge was applied, for the first time, to analyze and categorize whole seeds of black and white peppers from different origins. This setup requires no solvent application nor gas flow, thus resulting in a very simple and rapid analysis that can be applied directly to the sample without any prior workup or preparation. Combined with robust data pre-processing and subsequent chemometric analyses, this analytical method was capable of indicating the geographical origin of each pepper source with up to 98% accuracies in all sub-studies. The simplicity and speed of this approach open up the exciting opportunity for onsite analysis without the need for a highly trained operator. Furthermore, this methodology can be applied to a variety of spices and herbs, whose geographical indication or similar intellectual properties are economically important, hence it is capable of creating tremendous impact in the food and agricultural industries.