Establishment of a rapid detection model for polysaccharide content in Alhagi sparsifolia honey based on near-infrared spectroscopy technology

  • LI Jinfa ,
  • XIANG Yang ,
  • WANG Yu ,
  • GAN Zhen ,
  • CHEN Siyuan ,
  • CHANG Junmin
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  • 1(School of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830017, China)
    2(The Center for Medical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China)
    3(Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Natural Drug Active Components and Drug Release Technology, Urumqi 830017, China)

Received date: 2025-07-30

  Revised date: 2025-08-08

  Online published: 2026-01-12

Abstract

In this study, a rapid quantitative model for the detection of polysaccharide content in Alhagi sparsifolia honey was established based on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and partial least squares (PLS).Taking 100 batches of Alhagi sparsifolia honey as the research object, the polysaccharide content was determined by the phenol-sulfuric acid method as the reference value, and the near-infrared spectra in the range of 780-2 500 nm were collected.By comparing a variety of spectral preprocessing methods, savitzky-Golay smoothing (SG), standard normal variable (SNV), multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), first derivative (FD), and second derivative derivative, SD) and its combinations, using coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC), and root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) as the evaluation parameters, FD+SNV was determined to be the best preprocessing method, and the modeling characteristic band was 1 100-1 300 nm, 1 350-1 500 nm, 1 600-1 800 nm, 2 000-2 300 nm, and the number of principal factors was 5.The model had excellent performance (correction set:R2c=0.974 1, RMSEC=0.096 6;prediction set:R2p=0.985 9, RMSEP=0.066 3), and the linear relationship was good.Subsequent validation results affirm the predictive accuracy and operational stability of the model, establishing its practical utility for the rapid determination of polysaccharides in Alhagi sparsifolia honey and underpinning technical advancements in quality evaluation and large-scale resource development.

Cite this article

LI Jinfa , XIANG Yang , WANG Yu , GAN Zhen , CHEN Siyuan , CHANG Junmin . Establishment of a rapid detection model for polysaccharide content in Alhagi sparsifolia honey based on near-infrared spectroscopy technology[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2025 , 51(24) : 342 -348 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.044080

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