Chemical Heterogeneity Assessment of Authentic Edible Bird's Nests Using Multimodal FTIR Spectroscopy: A Foundation for Future Authentication Strategies.

Dung Manh Ho, Agnieszka M Banas, Krzysztof Banas, Utkarsh Mali, Mark B H Breese

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Dung Manh HoCenter for Nuclear Technologies (CNT-VINATOM), 217 Nguyen Trai Street, Cau Ong Lanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City 71014, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0002-9726-3258

Agnieszka M BanasSingapore Synchrotron Light Source, National University of Singapore, 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-6268-1081

Krzysztof BanasSingapore Synchrotron Light Source, National University of Singapore, 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0509-044X

Utkarsh MaliDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada.ORCID 0009-0003-1285-2788

Mark B H BreeseSingapore Synchrotron Light Source, National University of Singapore, 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603, Singapore.

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Abstract

Edible Bird's Nest (EBN) is a highly prized food product, making it a frequent target for economic adulteration. Consequently, robust quality assurance is paramount to protect consumers and ensure market integrity. A significant barrier to effective quality control, however, is an incomplete understanding of the natural chemical variability within authentic EBN. This variability, influenced by factors such as geographical origin, bird species, and post-harvest processing, can confound analytical measurements and complicate the definition of a standard reference. This study provides an existence proof in a defined cohort, characterizing microscale chemical heterogeneity in authentic

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BirdsAnimalsPrincipal Component AnalysisSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredATR-FTIRchemical heterogeneitychemometric analysisedible bird’s nest authenticationFTIR spectroscopymicro-ATR imagingPrincipal Component Analysis (PCA)

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PMID41829453

DOI10.3390/s26051491

PMCPMC12986891

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