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ACS OMEGA
Volume 8, Issue 44, Pages 41835-41843Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c06538
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NMR spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool for identifying and quantifying natural compounds in food matrices. However, its low intrinsic sensitivity makes it challenging to detect adulterants or markers for authenticity at low concentrations. This study presents a simple solution to enhance the sensitivity of NMR and successfully applies it to the authentication of milk products.
Over the years, NMR spectroscopy has become a powerful analytical tool for the identification and quantification of a variety of natural compounds in a broad range of food matrices. Furthermore, NMR can be useful for characterizing food matrices in terms of quality and authenticity, also allowing for the identification of counterfeits. Although NMR requires minimal sample preparation, this technique suffers from low intrinsic sensitivity relative to complementary techniques; thus, the detection of adulterants or markers for authenticity at low concentrations remains challenging. Here, we present a strategy to overcome this limitation by the introduction of a simple band-selective homonuclear decoupling sequence that consists of double irradiation on H-1 during NMR signal acquisition. The utility of the proposed method is tested on dihydrosterculic acid (DHSA), one of the cyclopropane fatty acids (CPFAs) shown to be a powerful molecular marker for authentication of milk products. A quantitative description of how the proposed NMR scheme allows sensitivity enhancement yet accurate quantification of DHSA is provided.
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