Food fraud in herbs and spices is an important topic, which has led to new technologies
being studied as potential tools for fraud identification. Nontargeted technologies have …

Background The growing concerns about food quality and safety among consumers have
increased the need for food authentication, which can be a powerful tool to combat different …

Saffron is a valuable spice that is often adulterated. This study proposes using near-infrared
hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) and chemometrics as a fast and cost-effective method for …

Covering: up to the end of 2018 Dietary supplements, which include botanical (plant-based)
natural products, constitute a multi-billion-dollar industry in the US. Regulation and quality …

Spices have great monetary value, and it has a vast range of functionalities such as
flavouring of food, perfumery, cosmetics, medicinal use, and preservative properties …

In the last years, there was an increasing interest on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
spectroscopy, whose applications experienced an exponential growth in several research …

In this review, the three different NMR-based approaches usually used to study foodstuffs
are described, reporting specific examples. The first approach starts with the food of interest …

Abstract Background Saffron (Crocus Sativus L.) is an ancient spice, having a long history of
therapeutic and medicinal uses, in different countries around the world. Saffron has high …

Abstract 60 MHz proton NMR spectroscopy was used to analyse extracts from saffron spice
and a range of potential adulterants and mixtures. Using a simple extraction procedure …

Botanicals have played an important role in maintaining human health and well-being
throughout history. During the past few decades in particular, the use of botanical health …