A comprehensive strategy to detect the fraudulent adulteration of herbs: The oregano approach

Highlights • Two tier strategy proposed to detect oregano fraud.• FT-IR screening and HR-LC-MS confirmatory methods developed.• Unique biomarkers discovered in adulterants by HR-LC-MS.• Chemometric calibration models generated.• 24% of oregano samples tested in UK/Ireland were found to be adulterated.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Food Chemistry

• Publication date

  2016-11-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.004PMID 27211681PMCID 4907313
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