ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Rapid Detection of Black Pepper Adulteration with Endogenous and Exogenous Materials: Assessment of Benchtop and Handheld Infrared Spectrometers.
Paul Rentz, Alina Mihailova, Horacio Heinzen, Martine Bergaentzlé, Elisa Ruhland, Marivil D Islam, Islam Hamed, Christina Vlachou, Simon Kelly, Said Ennahar and 1 more
Abstract read
In one paragraphArticle in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
2 · The registryThe trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
3 · Its place in the literatureWho cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
4 · The recordCorrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
5 · Who and what moneyAuthors and funding
11 authors.
Paul RentzChimie Analytique des Molécules Bioactives et Pharmacognosie, Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France.ORCID 0009-0002-5452-1322 Alina MihailovaFood Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3820-9830 Horacio HeinzenFood Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8985-478X Martine BergaentzléChimie Analytique des Molécules Bioactives et Pharmacognosie, Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4238-3698 Elisa RuhlandAerial, 250 Rue Laurent Fries, Parc d'Innovation, 67400 Illkirch, France.
Marivil D IslamFood Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9340-5351 Islam HamedFood Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
Christina VlachouFood Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
Simon KellyFood Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
Said EnnaharChimie Analytique des Molécules Bioactives et Pharmacognosie, Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Dalal WernerAerial, 250 Rue Laurent Fries, Parc d'Innovation, 67400 Illkirch, France.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Black pepper is the most widely used spice crop globally and has significant economic value, making it a target for economically motivated adulteration. A wide range of organic and inorganic bulking materials has been used as adulterants in black pepper. Development of rapid non-targeted screening methods for use at different stages of the black pepper supply chain is extremely important for the identification and prevention of evolving fraudulent practices. This study has assessed the potential of benchtop Fourier Transform infrared with attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR), benchtop Fourier Transform near-infrared (FT-NIR), and two handheld NIR spectrometers, coupled with chemometrics, for the discrimination of black pepper (
Indexed as
adulterationauthenticityblack pepperchemometricsmid-infrared spectroscopynear-infrared spectroscopyrapid screening
Identifiers
PMID41750946
PMCPMC12939477
What OpenQuestion holds
Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390