ArticleFood chemistry2016
A comprehensive strategy to detect the fraudulent adulteration of herbs: The oregano approach.
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- Impacts of Food Adulteration and Contamination: Health, Socio-Economic, and Legislative Aspects.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Integrating DNA Barcoding Within an Orthogonal Approach for Herbal Product Authentication: A Narrative Review.Phytochemical analysis : PCA · 2025Review
- Use of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence as screening method to detect oregano adulteration.Current research in food science · 2025Article
- A digital PCR approach to assess the purity of oregano.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Detection of Adulterated Oregano Samples Using Untargeted Headspace-Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry Analysis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A pilot study on non-invasive in situ detection of phytochemicals and plant endogenous status using fiber optic infrared spectroscopy.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Spice and Herb Frauds: Types, Incidence, and Detection: The State of the Art.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Detection and Quantification of Botanical Impurities in Commercial Oregano (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Laser Sensing and Chemometric Analysis for Rapid Detection of Oregano Fraud.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Food Fingerprinting: LC-ESI-IM-QTOF-Based Identification of Blumeatin as a New Marker Metabolite for the Detection ofMetabolites · 2023Article
- The Analytical Possibilities of FT-IR Spectroscopy Powered by Vibrating Molecules.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Adulteration Detection of Edible Bird's Nests Using Rapid Spectroscopic Techniques Coupled with Multi-Class Discriminant Analysis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Uses of FT-MIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis in Quality Control of Coffee, Cocoa, and Commercially Important Spices.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Handheld SERS coupled with QuEChERs for the sensitive analysis of multiple pesticides in basmati rice.NPJ science of food · 2022Article
- Challenges in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants DNA Barcoding-Lessons from the Lamiaceae.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Evaluating the usefulness of next-generation sequencing for herb authentication.Food chemistry. Molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Investigation on Green Synthesis, Biocompatibility, and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Prepared UsingMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Stable Isotope Ratios of Herbs and Spices Commonly Used as Herbal Infusions in the Italian Market.ACS omega · 2021Article
- Assessment of the Analytical Performance of Three Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Instruments (Benchtop, Handheld and Portable) through the Investigation of Coriander Seed Authenticity.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Fraud in the global food supply chain is becoming increasingly common due to the huge profits associated with this type of criminal activity. Food commodities and ingredients that are expensive and are part of complex supply chains are particularly vulnerable. Both herbs and spices fit these criteria perfectly and yet strategies to detect fraudulent adulteration are still far from robust. An FT-IR screening method coupled to data analysis using chemometrics and a second method using LC-HRMS were developed, with the latter detecting commonly used adulterants by biomarker identification. The two tier testing strategy was applied to 78 samples obtained from a variety of retail and on-line sources. There was 100% agreement between the two tests that over 24% of all samples tested had some form of adulterants present. The innovative strategy devised could potentially be used for testing the global supply chains for fraud in many different forms of herbs.
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