Partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) is a versatile algorithm that can be
used for predictive and descriptive modelling as well as for discriminative variable selection …

The ever increasing interest of consumers for safety, authenticity and quality of food
commodities has driven the attention towards the analytical techniques used for analyzing …

Multivariate qualitative methods are an analytical strategy for addressing problems related to
food fraud that cannot be solved with just one variable. Some examples are sample …

Devices known as electronic noses (ENs), electronic tongues (ETs), and electronic eyes
(EEs) have been developed in recent years in the in situ study of real matrices with little or …

In this chapter, the sequentially orthogonalized-PLS (SO-PLS) method and some of its main
extensions are described and illustrated. Both theoretical aspects and applications on real …

The authenticity and quality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) directly impact clinical
efficacy and safety. Quality assessment of traditional Chinese medicine (QATCM) is a global …

The current review focuses on the use of the most popular spectroscopic techniques applied
for wine and wine vinegar characterization, authentication, and quality control. The ever …

Due to the world-wide concern relating to herb quality and safety, there is a momentum to
authenticate the geographical origin of herb with multi-platform techniques. This study …

Spain is one of the major producers of high-quality wine vinegars having three protected
designations of origin (aka PDOs):“Vinagre de Jerez”,“Vinagre de Condado de Huelva” and …

With the growing availability of high throughput methodologies for food characterization and
analysis, more and more data are being collected on food products that can be used for the …