Selected-ion flow-tube mass-spectrometry (SIFT-MS) fingerprinting versus chemical profiling for geographic traceability of Moroccan Argan oils

Mourad Kharbach, Rabie Kamal, Mohammed Alaoui Mansouri, Ilias Marmouzi, Johan Viaene, Yahia Cherrah, Katim Alaoui, Joeri Vercammen, Abdelaziz Bouklouze, Yvan Vander Heyden

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Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of SIFT-MS versus chemical profiling, both coupled to multivariate data analysis, to classify 95 Extra Virgin Argan Oils (EVAO), originating from five Moroccan Argan forest locations. The full scan option of SIFT-MS, is suitable to indicate the geographic origin of EVAO based on the fingerprints obtained using the three chemical ionization precursors (H3O+, NO+ and O2 +). The chemical profiling (including acidity, peroxide value, spectrophotometric indices, fatty acids, tocopherols- and sterols composition) was also used for classification. Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA), K-nearest neighbors (KNN), and support vector machines (SVM), were compared. The SIFT-MS data were therefore fed to variable-selection methods to find potential biomarkers for classification. The classification models based either on chemical profiling or SIFT-MS data were able to classify the samples with high accuracy. SIFT-MS was found to be advantageous for rapid geographic classification.

Original languageEnglish
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume263
Pages (from-to)8-17
Number of pages10
ISSN0308-8146
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2018
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the staff of the Interscience company Breda (The Nederlands) for providing the SIFT-MS instrument. They appreciate the support of “Mohammed VI Foundation for Research and Protection of the Argan Tree”. The authors also thankful and acknowledge the financial support of FWO-Vlaanderen, VLIR-UOS (Team project-VLIR 345 MA2017), the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ( VUB ) and the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy-Rabat ( FMPR ). M.K. is thankful to Pr. Jamal Taoufik and Pr. Mohamed Adnaoui (vice-doyen and doyen of FMPR) for the travel grants support. Appendix A

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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Fields of Science

  • Argan oil
  • Chemometric class-modeling
  • Classification methods
  • Fingerprints
  • Geographical origin
  • Selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry

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