Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis

Chemometric methods using mid-FTIR spectroscopy were developed in order to reduce the time of study of melamine and cyanuric acid in infant formulas. Chemometric models were constructed using the algorithms Partial Least Squares (PLS1, PLS2) and Principal Component Regression (PCR) in order to corre...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Edwin García-Miguel, Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez, Guillermo Osorio-Revilla, Darío Iker Téllez-Medina, Cristian Jiménez-Martínez, Maribel Cornejo-Mazón, Diana Maylet Hernández-Martínez, Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velazquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Food Quality
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7926768
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849306993779539968
author Edwin García-Miguel
Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez
Guillermo Osorio-Revilla
Darío Iker Téllez-Medina
Cristian Jiménez-Martínez
Maribel Cornejo-Mazón
Diana Maylet Hernández-Martínez
Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velazquez
author_facet Edwin García-Miguel
Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez
Guillermo Osorio-Revilla
Darío Iker Téllez-Medina
Cristian Jiménez-Martínez
Maribel Cornejo-Mazón
Diana Maylet Hernández-Martínez
Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velazquez
author_sort Edwin García-Miguel
collection DOAJ
description Chemometric methods using mid-FTIR spectroscopy were developed in order to reduce the time of study of melamine and cyanuric acid in infant formulas. Chemometric models were constructed using the algorithms Partial Least Squares (PLS1, PLS2) and Principal Component Regression (PCR) in order to correlate the IR signal with the levels of melamine or cyanuric acid in the infant formula samples. Results showed that the best correlations were obtained using PLS1 (R2: 0.9998, SEC: 0.0793, and SEP: 0.5545 for melamine and R2: 0.9997, SEC: 0.1074, and SEP: 0.5021 for cyanuric acid). Also, the SIMCA model was studied to distinguish between adulterated formulas and nonadulterated samples, giving optimum discrimination and good interclass distances between samples. Results showed that chemometric models demonstrated a good predictive ability of melamine and cyanuric acid concentrations in infant formulas, showing that this is a rapid and accurate technique to be used in the identification and quantification of these adulterants in infant formulas.
format Article
id doaj-art-24ed2e7e17f54e239f758ba23a572ca0
institution Kabale University
issn 0146-9428
1745-4557
language English
publishDate 2018-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Journal of Food Quality
spelling doaj-art-24ed2e7e17f54e239f758ba23a572ca02025-08-20T03:54:53ZengWileyJournal of Food Quality0146-94281745-45572018-01-01201810.1155/2018/79267687926768Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate AnalysisEdwin García-Miguel0Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez1Guillermo Osorio-Revilla2Darío Iker Téllez-Medina3Cristian Jiménez-Martínez4Maribel Cornejo-Mazón5Diana Maylet Hernández-Martínez6Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velazquez7Departamento de Biofísica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Col. Santo Tomás, 11340 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Wilfrido Massieu S/N, Col. Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Wilfrido Massieu S/N, Col. Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Wilfrido Massieu S/N, Col. Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Wilfrido Massieu S/N, Col. Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Biofísica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Col. Santo Tomás, 11340 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Biofísica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Col. Santo Tomás, 11340 Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Biofísica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Col. Santo Tomás, 11340 Ciudad de México, MexicoChemometric methods using mid-FTIR spectroscopy were developed in order to reduce the time of study of melamine and cyanuric acid in infant formulas. Chemometric models were constructed using the algorithms Partial Least Squares (PLS1, PLS2) and Principal Component Regression (PCR) in order to correlate the IR signal with the levels of melamine or cyanuric acid in the infant formula samples. Results showed that the best correlations were obtained using PLS1 (R2: 0.9998, SEC: 0.0793, and SEP: 0.5545 for melamine and R2: 0.9997, SEC: 0.1074, and SEP: 0.5021 for cyanuric acid). Also, the SIMCA model was studied to distinguish between adulterated formulas and nonadulterated samples, giving optimum discrimination and good interclass distances between samples. Results showed that chemometric models demonstrated a good predictive ability of melamine and cyanuric acid concentrations in infant formulas, showing that this is a rapid and accurate technique to be used in the identification and quantification of these adulterants in infant formulas.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7926768
spellingShingle Edwin García-Miguel
Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez
Guillermo Osorio-Revilla
Darío Iker Téllez-Medina
Cristian Jiménez-Martínez
Maribel Cornejo-Mazón
Diana Maylet Hernández-Martínez
Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velazquez
Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis
Journal of Food Quality
title Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis
title_full Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis
title_fullStr Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis
title_short Detection of Cyanuric Acid and Melamine in Infant Formula Powders by Mid-FTIR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis
title_sort detection of cyanuric acid and melamine in infant formula powders by mid ftir spectroscopy and multivariate analysis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7926768
work_keys_str_mv AT edwingarciamiguel detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT ofeliagabrielamezamarquez detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT guillermoosoriorevilla detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT darioikertellezmedina detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT cristianjimenezmartinez detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT maribelcornejomazon detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT dianamaylethernandezmartinez detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis
AT tzayhrigallardovelazquez detectionofcyanuricacidandmelamineininfantformulapowdersbymidftirspectroscopyandmultivariateanalysis