FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (20): 286-291.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201720042

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Application of UPLC Fingerprint Coupled with Chemometry for Quality Control of Quinoa from Different Geographical Origins

CAO Yanan, BAI Xue, ZHAO Gang, ZOU Liang, HU Yichen   

  1. (1. College of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China;2. Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China; 3. College of Medicine, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China)
  • Online:2017-10-25 Published:2017-09-29

Abstract: In this research, a method for the quality control of 30 batches of quinoa from many different areas of the world was established by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC). UPLC fingerprints were established after evaluation of figures of merit. The similarity was analyzed by similarity evaluation software. The relationship between geographical origin and quality was analyzed by cluster analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and other chemometric methods. The results showed that there were 12 peaks common to 30 batches of quinoa, and the similarity among samples was greater than 0.7. Using the chemometric methods, the quinoa samples were classified into four categories according to their geographical orgins. The PCA and pattern recognition analysis indicated that the quality difference was mainly related to three compounds. Therefore, UPLC fingerprinting and chemical pattern recognition can provide detailed references for the quality control of quinoa.

Key words: quinoa, ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), fingerprinting

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