Detection of the adulteration of fresh coconut water via NMR spectroscopy and chemometrics
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Here, we applied NMR spectroscopy in combination with chemometrics to quantify the adulteration of fresh coconut water, stretched with water–sugar mixtures.
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A LOD of added sugars of 1.3% was achieved (45 samples) and the chemical shift and line-shape of the malic acid signal appeared diagnostic for exogenous sugar mixtures.
“A LOD of added sugars of 1.3% was achieved (45 samples) and the chemical shift and line-shape of the malic acid signal appeared to be diagnostic for exogenous sugar mixtures (46).”
From Authenticity and the Potability of Coconut Water - a Critical Review (2020) · cites this paper as [46]
The same research group applied 1H NMR and chemometrics to the problem of adulteration of coconut water with water-sugar mixtures.
“The same research group applied 1 H NMR and chemometrics to the problem of adulteration of coconut water with water-sugar mixtures.”
From Authenticity and the Potability of Coconut Water - a Critical Review (2020) · cites this paper as [46]
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- Authors
- Richardson, P. I. C., Muhamadali, H., Lei, Y., Golovanov, A. P., Ellis, D. I., & Goodacre, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- School of Chemistry
- Corresponding author
- Golovanov, Alexander P.
- Ellis, David I.
- Goodacre, Royston
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Analyst
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 144
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1401-1408
- ISSN
- 0003-2654 (ISSN-L)
- 1364-5528
- OpenAlex
- W2904380839
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5
- FWCI
- 1.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- The Analyst (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/ M003183/1)
- Food Standards Agency (ES/ M003183/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Inorganic Chemistry › Coconut Research and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › NMR spectroscopy and applications
- Keywords
- coconut water, food adulteration, sugar adulteration, 1H NMR, chemometrics, malic acid, divalent cations, magnesium, adulterant quantification, diagnostic biomarkers
- MeSH terms
- Cocos, Fraud, Malates, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Water, Informatics, Food Quality
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