Research Article

Non-destructive determination of vitamin C and lycopene contents of intact cv. Newton tomatoes using NIR spectroscopy

Volume: 28 Number: 4 December 31, 2018
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Non-destructive determination of vitamin C and lycopene contents of intact cv. Newton tomatoes using NIR spectroscopy

Abstract

Lycopene and vitamin C are two vital compositions of tomatoes. Analytical quantification of these components using common destructive methods is expensive and time consuming. In this study, the feasibility of using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy at the range of 930-1650nm was assessed to measure the lycopene and vitamin C contents of intact cv. Newton tomatoes. To develop prediction models based on spectral data and analytical measurements achieved using common destructive methods, partial least squares (PLS) regression was utilized. Before modeling, some pre-processing techniques were also used to reduce the irrelevant data from the spectra. The prediction accuracy of the models was evaluated using root mean square error of cross validation (RMSECV), correlation coefficient (rcv) and residual predictive deviation (RPD). The best prediction models had RMSECV of 2.256 µg g-1 and 1.087 mg 100g-1, rcv of 0.840 and 0.818, and RPD of 1.835 and 1.701 for lycopene and vitamin C contents, respectively. Results indicated that NIR spectroscopy can predict the lycopene and vitamin C contents of tomato non-destructively with good and fair accuracy, respectively.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Farzad Azadshahrakı * This is me
Iran

Bahareh Jamshıdı This is me
Iran

Publication Date

December 31, 2018

Submission Date

May 14, 2018

Acceptance Date

October 24, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 28 Number: 4

APA
Azadshahrakı, F., Jamshıdı, B., & Rasoolı Sharabıanı, V. (2018). Non-destructive determination of vitamin C and lycopene contents of intact cv. Newton tomatoes using NIR spectroscopy. Yuzuncu Yıl University Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 28(4), 389-397. https://doi.org/10.29133/yyutbd.423458

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