Prediction of the Neuro-Toxin Beta-N-Oxalyl-Amino-L-Alanine in Lathyrus Species, Using near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (A) ◽  
pp. A93-A96 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Jaby El-Haramein ◽  
A. Abd-El Moneim ◽  
H. Nakkoul ◽  
P.C. Williams

Grasspea or chickling vetch ( Lathyrus spp.) is a common food legume, widely grown and eaten in northern India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Ethiopia. It contains the neurotoxin beta-N-oxalyl-amino-L-alanine (BOAA), which can cause the disease known as “neuro-lathyrism”, an irreversible paralysis of the lower limbs, if BOAA-rich seeds form a large proportion of the diet. Lathyrus is a drought-tolerant crop, and ICARDA seeks to breed high-yielding lines that are low in BOAA. Conventional methods for determination of BOAA are time-consuming, expensive, and not practicable for screening large numbers of genotypes. Near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy offers a rapid, inexpensive method of analysis. Application of NIR reflectance spectroscopy to the prediction of BOAA in Lathyrus has been achieved by developing NIR reflectance spectroscopy equations involving 88 samples, which represented three species: L. sativus, L. cicera and L. ochrus. Both intact and ground seeds were studied. Content of BOAA ranged from 0.09 to 0.83%. Seeds of L. cicera were significantly lower than those of the other two species. The best results were obtained from whole seeds, using multiple linear regression. The standard error of prediction of 0.05% and coefficient of determination ( r2) of 0.94 are considered quite adequate for use in the Lathyrus breeding programme.

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Cozzolino ◽  
A. La Manna ◽  
D. Vaz Martins

Near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy was used to predict nitrogen (N), acid detergent fibre (ADF), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and chromium (Cr) in beef faecal samples. One hundred and twenty faecal samples were scanned in a NIRSystems 6500 monochromator instrument over the wavelength range of 400–2500 nm in reflectance. Calibration equations were developed using modified partial least squares (MPLS) with internal cross validation to avoid overfitting. The coefficient of determination in calibration ( R2cal) and the standard error in cross validation ( SECV) were 0.80 (0.74) for N, 0.92 (12.04) for ADF, 0.86 (13.5) for NDF and 0.56 (0.07) for Cr in g kg−1 dry weight, respectively. Results for validation were 0.78 ( SEP: 0.1) for N, 0.74 ( SEP: 7.5) for ADF, 0.85 ( SEP: 8.5) for NDF and 0.10 (0.09) for Cr in g kg−1 dry weight, respectively.


1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (A) ◽  
pp. A303-A306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henryk W. Czarnik-Matusewicz ◽  
Adolf Korniewicz

The near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy method can be used in the routine checking of the technical casein. All the chemical and physical characteristics of the product that influence the NIR spectrum affect the qualification. In order to monitor possible deviations in the preparation, it is advisable to carry out some test during the different manufacturing stages. These test are: determination of water, fat, ash, free and total acidity. A set of 66 ground casein samples was used to calibrate the output from NIR instrument InfraAlyzer 500 (Bran+Luebbe GmbH), taking reflectance readings every 2 nm between 1100 nm and 2500 nm. As soon as the spectral scanning had been completed, the casein samples were subjected to the standard wet chemistry analysis. The spectral data from this calibration set was then statistically manipulated using MLR method with the aid of the software SESAME ver. 2.10 (Bran+Luebbe GmbH) to generate calibration models. These calibrations were then applied to a separate set of 20 samples which, for validation purposes, were also analysed by wet chemistry. The casein samples analysis predictions compared with the wet chemistry results on these samples, with standard errors of determination of 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.2%, 0.2% and 0.5% for water, fat, ash, free and total acidity, respectively. The use of NIR instrumentation and appropriate calibrations is able to result in a significant saving of laboratory resources when large numbers of the technical casein samples are being processed for analysis.


2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Moron ◽  
D. Cozzolino

Near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy was used to predict the content of silt, sand, clay, iron (Fe), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) in soil. A total of 332 samples from agricultural soils (0–15 cm depth) in Uruguay (South America) were used. The samples were scanned in a monochromator instrument (NIRSystems 6500, Silver Spring, MD, USA). Two mathematical treatments (first and second derivative) with SNVD (scatter normal variate and detrend) and without scatter correction were studied. Modified partial least squares (mPLS) was used to develop the calibration models. The coefficient of determination in calibration ( R2cal) and the standard error in calibration ( SEC) using the second derivative were 0.81 ( SEC: 5.1), 0.83 ( SEC: 5.3), 0.92 ( SEC: 2.6) for percent sand, silt and clay, respectively. The R2cal and standard error of cross-validation ( SECV) were for Cu 0.87 ( SEC: 0.7), for Fe 0.92 ( SEC: 21.7), for Mn 0.72 ( SEC: 83.0) and for Zn 0.72 ( SEC: 1.2) on mg kg−1 dry matter. It was concluded that NIR reflectance spectroscopy has a great potential as an analytical method for routine analysis of soil texture, Fe, Zn and Cu due the speed and low cost of analysis.


1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Downey ◽  
Jerôme Boussion ◽  
Dominique Beauchêne

The potential of NIR reflectance spectroscopy for discriminating between pure Arabica and pure Robusta coffees and blends of these two was investigated. Studies were performed on whole and ground beans using a factorial discriminant procedure. For whole beans, in the absence of blended samples, a correct classification rate of 96.2% was achieved. Inclusion of blended samples reduced this figure to between 82.9 and 87.6%. In the case of ground samples, including blends, a correct identification rate of 83.02% was achieved. The molecular basis for discrimination is discussed.


Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2463
Author(s):  
Qing Dong ◽  
Qianqian Xu ◽  
Jiandong Wu ◽  
Beijiu Cheng ◽  
Haiyang Jiang

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) and reference data were used to determine the amylose contents of single maize seeds to enable rapid, effective selection of individual seeds with desired traits. To predict the amylose contents of a single seed, a total of 1069 (865 as calibration set, 204 as validation set) single seeds representing 120 maize varieties were analyzed using chemical methods and performed calibration and external validation of the 150 single seeds set in parallel. Compared to various spectral pretreatments, the regression of partial least squares (PLS) with mathematical treatment of Harmonization showed the final optimization. The single-seed amylose contents showed the root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC) of 2.899, coefficient of determination for calibration (R2) of 0.902, and root mean square error of validation (RMSEV) of 2.948. In external validations, the coefficient of determination in cross-validation (r2), root mean square error of the prediction (RMSEP) and ratio of the standard deviation to SEP (RPD) were 0.892, 2.975 and 3.086 in the range of 20–30%, respectively. Therefore, NIRS will be helpful to breeders for determining the amylose contents of single-grain maize.


Author(s):  
Diogo B Gonçalves ◽  
Carla S P Santos ◽  
Teresa Pinho ◽  
Rafael Queirós ◽  
Pedro D Vaz ◽  
...  

Abstract Fish fraud is a problematic issue for the industry that to be properly addressed requires the use of accurate, rapid and cost-effective tools. In this work, near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) was used to predict nutritional values (protein, lipids and moisture) as well as to discriminate between source (farmed vs. wild fish) and condition (fresh, defrosted or frozen fish). Five whitefish species consisting of Alaskan pollock (Gadus chalcogrammu), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), Common sole (Solea solea) and Turbot (Psetta maxima), including farmed, wild, fresh and frozen ones, were scanned by a low-cost handheld near infrared reflectance spectrometer with a spectral range between 900 nm and 1700 nm. Several machine learning algorithms were explored for both regression and classification tasks, achieving precisions and coefficient of determination higher than 88% and 0.78, respectively. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to cluster samples according to classes where good linear discriminations were denoted. Loadings from PCA reveal bands at 1150, 1200 and 1400 nm as the most discriminative spectral regions regarding classification of both source and condition, suggesting the absorbance of OH, CH, CH2 and CH3 groups as the most important ones. This study shows the use of NIRS and both linear and non-linear learners as a suitable strategy to address the fish fraud problematic and fish quality control.


2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Morón ◽  
D. Cozzolino

Near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy was used to analyse samples ( n = 332) from different soils from Uruguay (South America) for organic carbon (OC), total nitrogen (N) and pH. One set ( n = 200) of samples randomly selected was used to develop the NIR calibrations while the remaining ( n = 132) samples were used as the validation set. The samples were scanned in a small circular cup in reflectance mode (400–2500 nm), using a Foss NIRSystems 6500 (Silver Spring, MD, USA). Modified partial least squares (MPLS) was used to produce the calibration models and cross-validation was used to avoid collinearity effects among variables. Three mathematical treatments and four scatter corrections were also applied. The calibration coefficient of determination ( R2CAL) and the standard error in cross-validation ( SECV) were 0.94 ( SECV: 1.9) for OC; 0.91 ( SECV: 0.19) for total N in g kg−1 and 0.93 ( SECV: 0.18) for pH, respectively. The simple correlation coefficient of validation ( rVAL) and the standard errors of prediction ( SEP) were 0.74 and 5; 0.73 and 0.4; 0.84 and 0.28 for OC, total N and pH, respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 1848 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Mourot ◽  
D. Gruffat ◽  
D. Durand ◽  
G. Chesneau ◽  
S. Prache ◽  
...  

This study aims to investigate alternative near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) strategies for predicting beef polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) composition, which have a great nutritional interest, and are actually poorly predicted by NIRS. We compared the results of NIRS models for predicting fatty acids (FA) of beef meat by using two databases: a beef database including 143 beef samples, and a ruminant database including 76 lamb and 143 beef samples. For all the FA, particularly for PUFA, the coefficient of determination of cross-validation (R2CV) and the residual predictive deviation (RPD) of models increased when the ruminant muscle samples database was used instead of the beef muscle database. The R2CV values for the linoleic acid, total conjugated linoleic acid and total PUFA increased from 0.44, 0.79 and 0.59 to 0.68, 0.9, 0.8, respectively, and RPD values for these FA increased from 1.33, 2.14, 1.54 to 1.76, 3.11 and 2.24, respectively. RPD above 2.5 indicates calibration model is considered as acceptable for analytical purposes. The use of a universal equation for ruminant meats to predict FA composition seems to be an encouraging strategy.


2005 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Cozzolino ◽  
F. Montossi ◽  
R. San Julian

AbstractAbstract Visible (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy combined with multivariate data analysis were explored to predict fibre diameter in both clean and greasy Merino wool samples. Fifty clean and 400 greasy wool samples were analysed. Samples were scanned in a large cuvette using a NIRSystems 6500 monochromator instrument by reflectance in the VIS and NIR regions (400 to 2500 nm). Partial least square (PLS) regression was used to develop a number of calibration models between the spectral and reference data. Different mathematical treatments were used during model development. Cross validation was used to assess the performance and avoid overfitting of the models. The NIR calibration models gave a coefficient of determination in calibration (R2) > 0·90 for clean wool samples and a R2 < 0·50 for greasy wool samples. The values for the residual predictive value, RPD (ratio of standard deviation (s. d.) to the root mean square of the standard error of cross validation (RMSECV)) were 3 for clean and 0·6 for greasy wool samples, respectively. The results indicated that fibre diameter in greasy wool samples was poorly predicted with NIR, while clean wool showed good relationships.More research is required to improve the calibration on greasy wool samples if the technology is to be used for rapid analysis to assist in the selection of animals in breeding programmes.


1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Hallett ◽  
J.W. Hornbeck ◽  
M.E. Martin

Near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy was evaluated for its effectiveness at predicting Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg and Mn concentrations in white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) and red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) foliage. A NIR spectrophotometer was used to scan 470 dried, ground foliage samples. These samples were used to develop calibration equations using a modified partial least squares (MPLS) regression technique. For the calibration equations, concentrations of Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg and Mn as determined by acid digestion and laboratory analysis were regressed against second-difference absorbance values measured from 400 to 2498 nm. The regression models developed by NIR reflectance spectroscopy were unable to predict Fe. Predictions were satisfactory for Al, Ca, K, Mn and Mg. It still is uncertain which mineral/organic associations are being detected by NIR reflectance spectroscopy. Future applications may include prediction of element concentrations in the forest canopy via remote sensing.


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