Orthogonal projection to latent structures combined with artificial neural network for quantitative analysis of phenoxymethylpenicillin potassium powder

A method for quantitative analysis of phenoxymethylpenicillin potassium powder on the basis of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is investigated by using orthogonal projection to latent structures (O-PLS) combined with artificial neural network (ANN). Being a preprocessing method, O-PLS can remove systematic orthogonal variation from a given data set X without disturbing the correlation between X and the response set y. In this paper, O-PLS method was applied to preprocess the original spectral data of phenoxymethylpenicillin potassium powder, and the filtered data was used to establish the ANN model. In this model, the concentration of phenoxymethylpenicillin potassium as the active component was determined. The degree of approximation was employed as the selective criterion of the optimum network parameters. In order to compare with O-PLS-ANN model, the calibration models that use the original spectra and different preprocessing methods (first-derivative, second-derivative, standard normal variate (SNV) and multiplicative scatter correction (MSC)) of the spectra were also designed. Experimental results show that O-PLS-ANN model is the best.     

近红外光谱结合CARS变量筛选方法用于液态奶中蛋白质与脂肪含量的测定

采用CARS(Competitive adaptive reweighted sampling)变量筛选方法建模,显著提高了液态奶中蛋白质与脂肪近红外模型的预测精度。用蒙特卡罗采样(Monte-Carlo sampling)方法先剔除奇异样本,再对光谱进行中心化与Karl Norris滤波降噪处理,通过CARS方法筛选出与样本性质密切相关的变量,建立预测蛋白质与脂肪含量的偏最小二乘法(PLS)校正模型,并与未选变量的PLS模型进行比较。以定标集相关系数(r2)及交互验证均方残差(RMSECV)和预测误差均方根(RMSEP)作为判定依据,确定了蛋白质与脂肪的最佳建模条件。蛋白质与脂肪校正模型的相关系数分别为0.975 0、0.995 1,RMSECV分别为0.194 8、0.136 3,RMSEP分别为0.113 3、0.140 1,预测结果优于未选变量的PLS模型及其他选变量方法,有效简化了模型,适于液态奶中脂肪和蛋白质的快速、无损检测。     

基于近红外光谱分析技术的栽培香菇产地快速鉴别

建立了一种基于近红外光谱分析技术的香菇产地鉴别方法。利用近红外光谱仪扫描不同主产地的香菇干样,获得样品的近红外漫反射光谱。利用偏最小二乘判别分析(PLSDA)分别建立了吉林、湖北、福建3个省份栽培香菇的产地判别模型,同时使用光谱预处理和波长筛选技术对判别模型进行优化,最后使用预测样品对模型进行验证。结果表明,使用原始光谱建立的模型能够初步实现对产地的判别,使用光谱预处理技术扣除光谱中的背景信息,同时利用波长筛选技术选择特定波长对模型进行优化后,可进一步提高预测正确率。该方法为香菇产地真实性溯源提供了一种新方法,对香菇产业发展具有重要的实际意义。     

Non-destructive determination of metronidazole powder by using artificial neural networks on short-wavelength NIR spectroscopy

The present study aimed at providing a new method in sight into short-wavelength near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy of in pharmaceutical quantitative analysis. To do that, 124 experimental samples of metronidazole powder were analyzed using artificial neural networks (ANNs) in the 780-1100 nm region of short-wavelength NIR spectra. In this paper, metronidazole was as active component and other two components (magnesium stearate and starch) were as excipients. Different preprocessing spectral data (first-derivative, second-derivative, standard normal variate (SNV) and multiplicative scatter correction (MSC)) were applied to establish the ANNs models of metronidazole powder. The degree of approximation, a new evaluation criterion of the networks was employed to prove the accuracy of the predicted results. The results presented here demonstrate that the short-wavelength NIR region is promising for the fast and reliable determination of major component in pharmaceutical analysis.     

Artificial neural network for simultaneous determination of two components of compound paracetamol and diphenhydramine hydrochloride powder on NIR spectroscopy

Diffuse reflectance near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a technique widely used for rapid and non-destructive analysis of solid samples. A method for simultaneous analysis of the two components of compound paracetamol and diphenhydramine hydrochloride powdered drug has been developed by using artificial neural network (ANN) on near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. An ANN containing three layers of nodes was trained. Various ANN models based on pretreated spectra (first-derivative, second-derivative and standard normal variate; SNV) were tested and compared, respectively. In the models the concentration of paracetamol and caffeine as active principles of compound paracetamol and diphenhydramine hydrochloride powder was determined simultaneously. Partial least squares regression (PLS) multivariate calibrations were also used, which were compared with ANN. The best model was obtained at first-derivative spectra. We have also discussed the parameters that affected the networks and predicted the test set (unknown) specimens. The degree of approximation, a new evaluation criteria of the network were employed, which proved the accuracy of the predicted results.     

Nondestructive determination of compound amoxicillin powder by NIR spectroscopy with the aid of chemometrics

Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, in combination with chemometrics, enables nondestructive analysis of solid samples without time-consuming sample preparation methods. A new method for the nondestructive determination of compound amoxicillin powder drug via NIR spectroscopy combined with an improved neural network model based on principal component analysis (PCA) and radial basis function (RBF) neural networks is investigated. The PCA technique is applied to extraction relevant features from lots of spectra data in order to reduce the input variables of the RBF neural networks. Various optimum principal component analysis-radial basis function (PCA-RBF) network models based on conventional spectra and preprocessing spectra (standard normal variate (SNV) and multiplicative scatter correction (MSC)) have been established and compared. Principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS) multivariate calibrations are also used, which are compared with PCA-RBF neural networks. Experiment results show that the proposed PCA-RBF method is more efficient than PCR and PLS multivariate calibrations. And the PCA-RBF approach with SNV preprocessing spectra is found to provide the best performance.     

近红外光谱无损定量分析吡嗪酰胺片

近红外光谱;径向基神经网络;吡嗪酰胺;定量分析     

近红外光谱法定量分析维生素E

在９３％～９７．４％浓度范围内,利用维生素Ｅ（ＶＥ）在６０６１～５２４６ｃｍ＾－１处的近红外吸收峰面积积分值和其浓度关系建立的回归方程为：Ｙ＝１０３．４３～０．０７８６２４Ｘ。用此回归方程对已知浓度的样品进行预测,误差及相对误并均在－０．７９％～０．９％内。在较宽浓度范围８０％～９７％之间的ＶＥ,用ＰＬＳ算法选择不同遥数据预处理方法,对近红外吸光度值和其含量的关系建模,度用已知浓度的ＶＥ进行校验。     

A spectral transfer procedure for application of a single class-model to spectra recorded by different near-infrared spectrometers for authentication of olives in brine

Analytical methods for confirmation of food authenticity claims should be rapid, economic, non-destructive and should not require highly skilled personnel for their deployment. All such conditions are satisfied by spectroscopic techniques. In order to be extensively implemented in routine controls, an ideal method should also give a response independent of the particular equipment used. In the present study, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy was used for verifying authenticity of commercial olives in brine of cultivar Taggiasca. Samples were analysed in two laboratories with different NIR spectrometers and a mathematical spectral transfer correction – the boxcar signal transfer (BST) – was developed, allowing to minimise the systematic differences existing between signals recorded with the two instruments. Class models for the verification of olive authenticity were built by the unequal dispersed classes (UNEQ) method, after data compression by disjoint principal component analysis (PCA). Models were validated on an external test set.     

Determination of acetolactate synthase activity and protein content of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) leaves using visible/near-infrared spectroscopy

A new acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicide, propyl 4-(2-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yloxy)benzylamino)benzoate (ZJ0273), was applied to oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) leaves in different leaf positions. Visible/near-infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy was investigated for fast and non-destructive determination of ALS activity and protein content in rapeseed leaves. Partial least squares (PLS) analysis was the calibration method with comparison of different spectral preprocessing by Savitzky-Golay (SG) smoothing, standard normal variate (SNV), first and second derivative. The best PLS models were obtained by first-derivative spectra for ALS, whereas original spectra for soluble, non-soluble and total protein contents. Simultaneously, certain latent variables (LVs) were used as the inputs of back-propagation neural network (BPNN) and least squares-support vector machine (LS-SVM) models. All LS-SVM models outperformed PLS models and BPNN models. The correlation coefficient (r), root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) and bias in validation set by LS-SVM were 0.998, 0.715 and 0.079 for ALS, 0.999, 33.084 and 1.178 for soluble protein, 0.997, 42.773 and 6.244 for non-soluble protein, 0.999, 59.562 and 7.437 for total protein, respectively. The results indicated that Vis/NIR spectroscopy combined with LS-SVM could be successfully applied for the determination of ALS activity and protein content of rapeseed leaves. The results would be helpful for further on field analysis of using Vis/NIR spectroscopy to monitor the growing status and physiological properties of oilseed rape.     

Illuminating the flesh of bone identification – An application of near infrared spectroscopy

Near infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy coupled with chemometric analysis was evaluated as a non-destructive tool to discriminate skull bone samples from different animal species. In total 70 skull bones from animals of three classes (mammalians, avian and reptiles) were scanned in the wavelength range between 950 to 1650 nm. Principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) were used to analyse the NIR spectra of the skull samples. Correct classification rates of 96% and 81% were obtained for the classification of skull bone samples according to avian and mammalian classes, respectively. Overall, a 91% correct classification rate was obtained for the classification of skull samples according to the class (mammalian and avian). This study demonstrates the potential of NIR spectroscopy coupled with chemometric as data processing, as a means of a rapid, non-destructive classification technique for skull bone samples.     

Short-wave near-infrared spectroscopy analysis of major compounds in milk powder and wavelength assignment

In this study, short-wave near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy at 800–1050 nm region was investigated for the analysis of main compounds in milk powder. Through quantitative analysis, the feasibility is further demonstrated for the simultaneous measurement of fat, proteins and carbohydrate in milk powder. Two models, partial least-squares and least-squares support vector machine, were compared and utilized for regression coefficients and loading weights. The affect of standard normal variate spectral pretreatment to model performance was evaluated. Based on the resulted coefficients and loading weights, interesting wavelength regions of nutrition in milk powder are screened and the assignment of all specific wavelengths is firstly proposed in the details associated with chemical base. Instead of the whole short-wave NIR spectral data, these assigned wavelengths which can be reliably exploited were used for the content determination. Compared with other spectroscopy technique, assigned short-wave NIR spectral wavelengths did a good work. Determination coefficients for prediction are 0.981, 0.984, and 0.982, respectively for three components. The proposed wavelength assignment in the short-wave NIR region could be used for the component contents determination of milk powder, and could be as a guidance to interpret the spectra of milk powder.     

基于近红外光谱和OPLS-DA的不同牌号卷烟分类识别方法研究

为了对卷烟牌号进行准确分类鉴别,提出了一种基于近红外光谱(NIRS)分析技术结合有监督的模式识别快速鉴别卷烟牌号的新方法。利用标准正态变量变换(SNV)、多元散射校正(MSC)、一阶导数(FD)、二阶导数(SD)和Savitzky-Golay平滑(SG)及其相结合的光谱预处理方法对烟丝光谱进行预处理,通过近红外光谱结合主成分分析(PCA)、偏最小二乘判别分析(PLS-DA)和正交偏最小二乘判别分析(OPLS-DA) 3种模式识别方法对不同牌号烟丝进行分类识别研究,并采用分类识别正确率作为评价指标。实验结果表明：(1)烟丝近红外光谱主成分得分图交叉重叠,区分不明显,PCA无法识别出5种牌号的成品烟丝;(2)烟丝光谱经MSC+FD预处理后的PLS-DA模型可得到较好的识别效果,校正集和测试集的分类识别正确率分别为100%和98.3%;(3)烟丝光谱经MSC+SD预处理后的OPLS-DA模型的模式识别效果最好,模型对自变量拟合指数(R2X）,因变量的拟合指数(R2Y)和模型预测指数(Q2)分别为0.485、0.907 和0.748,近红外光谱校正集和测试集的分类识别正确率均为100%。说明近红外光谱技术结合有监督模式识别方法OPLS-DA建立的烟丝牌号分类模型具有高效快速、准确无损的优点,为卷烟烟丝分类提供了一种新的快速鉴别方法。     

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy as a process signature in uranium oxides

Near-infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy was examined as a potential tool for the determination of forensic signatures indicative of the chemical process history of uranium oxides. The ability to determine the process history of nuclear materials is a desired, but underdeveloped, area of technical nuclear forensics. Application of the NIR technique potentially offers a quick and non-destructive tool to serve this need; however, few data have been published on the compounds of interest. The viability of NIR was investigated through the analysis of a combination of laboratory-derived and real-world uranium precipitates and oxides. A set of reference uranium materials was synthesized in the laboratory using the commonly encountered aqueous precipitation reactions for uranium ore concentration and chemical separation processes (ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hydroxide, ammonium carbonate, and magnesia). NIR spectra were taken on a range of samples heat treated in air between 85 and 750 °C. X-ray diffraction patterns were also obtained to complement the NIR analysis with crystal phase information. Similar analyses were performed using a set of real-world samples, with process information obtained from the literature, to provide a comparison between materials synthesized in the laboratory and samples representative of industrial processes.     

应用光谱技术无损检测油菜叶片中乙酰乳酸合成酶

应用可见/近红外光谱技术实现了油菜叶片中乙酰乳酸合成酶(ALS)的快速无损检测.对99个油菜样本进行光谱扫描,经过平滑、变量标准化、一阶求导等预处理后,应用偏最小二乘法(PLS)建立了ALS的预测模型.同时提取有效特征变量,作为反向传输人工神经网络(BPNN)和最小二乘-支持向量机(LS-SVM)的输入值,并建立相应的模型.用66个样本建模,33个样本验证.结果表明,LS-SVM模型能够获得最优的预测结果,预测集样本的相关系数(r)、预测标准差(RMSEP)和偏差(Bias)分别为0.998、 0.715和0.079,获得了满意的预测精度.结果表明,应用可见/近红外光谱技术结合LS-SVM检测油菜中乙酰乳酸合成酶是可行的,并能获得满意的预测精度,为进一步应用光谱技术进行油菜生长状况的大田监测奠定了基础.     

Near-IR Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy and PLS-2 modeling for improved understanding of near-IR spectra

The recent development of non-destructive near-IR (NIR) Raman techniques, which have the capability of providing fundamental vibrational information for bulk materials, has opened up a great possibility of understanding the non-destructive NIR spectra of such materials better, through statistical correlation of the two spectral methods. In this work, the use of NIR-FT-Raman spectroscopy and PLS-2 modeling to improve the understanding of the NIR spectroscopy of polyurethane elastomers is demonstrated. The use of this procedure resulted in improved assignments of the NIR bands corresponding to aromatic, urethane and urea groups in the elastomers, and an improved understanding of the NIR spectral effect that corresponds to the nitrogen void content in the elastomers.     

Finding relevant spectral regions between spectroscopic techniques by use of cross model validation and partial least squares regression

In this paper, we extend the concept of cross model validation (CMV) to multiple X and Y variables where different spectroscopic techniques serve as X and Y data in a regression context. For the first dataset on marzipan samples the main objective was to find significant regions in the spectral data, and to discuss the issue of false discovery, i.e. combinations of variables that erroneously are found to be significant. A permutation test within the framework of CMV showed that no regression coefficients in the partial least squares regression (PLSR) model between FT-IR and VIS/NIR spectra show significance at the 5% level. We believe the reason is that the CMV acts as strong filter towards spurious correlations. Corresponding CH- and OH-bands between FT-IR and NIR spectra gave significant regions. For the second dataset, the results from CMV are interpreted more in detail with chemical background knowledge in mind. Most of the significant regions found between the Raman and NIR spectra could be interpreted from the chemical composition of the oil mixtures. Some regions were more difficult to interpret, which could be due to systematic baseline effects in the NIR data.     

Quantification of paracetamol in intact tablets using near-infrared transmittance spectroscopy.

Production batch samples of paracetamol tablets and specially prepared out-of-specification batches covering the range 90-110% of the stated amount (500 mg) were analysed by the BP official UV assay and by NIR transmittance spectroscopy. NIR measurements were made on 20 intact tablets from each batch, scanned five times each (10 min measurement time per batch) over the spectral range 6000-11,520 cm-1. An average spectrum was calculated for each batch. Partial least squares (PLS) regression models were set up using a calibration set (20 batches) between the NIR response and the reference tablet paracetamol content (UV). Various pre-treatments of the spectra were examined; the smallest relative standard error of prediction (0.73%) was obtained using the first derivative of the absorbance over the full spectrum. Only two principal components were required for the PLS model to give a good relationship between the spectral information and paracetamol content. Applying this model to the validation set (15 batches) gave a mean bias of -0.08% and a mean accuracy of 0.59% with relative standard deviations of 0.75 and 0.44%, respectively. The proposed method is non-destructive and therefore lends itself to on-line/at-line production control purposes. The method is easy to use and does not require a knowledge of the mass of the tablets.     

Ensemble preprocessing of near-infrared (NIR) spectra for multivariate calibration

Preprocessing of raw near-infrared (NIR) spectral data is indispensable in multivariate calibration when the measured spectra are subject to significant noises, baselines and other undesirable factors. However, due to the lack of sufficient prior information and an incomplete knowledge of the raw data, NIR spectra preprocessing in multivariate calibration is still trial and error. How to select a proper method depends largely on both the nature of the data and the expertise and experience of the practitioners. This might limit the applications of multivariate calibration in many fields, where researchers are not very familiar with the characteristics of many preprocessing methods unique in chemometrics and have difficulties to select the most suitable methods. Another problem is many preprocessing methods, when used alone, might degrade the data in certain aspects or lose some useful information while improving certain qualities of the data. In order to tackle these problems, this paper proposes a new concept of data preprocessing, ensemble preprocessing method, where partial least squares (PLSs) models built on differently preprocessed data are combined by Monte Carlo cross validation (MCCV) stacked regression. Little or no prior information of the data and expertise are required. Moreover, fusion of complementary information obtained by different preprocessing methods often leads to a more stable and accurate calibration model. The investigation of two real data sets has demonstrated the advantages of the proposed method.     

Radial basis function neural networks in non-destructive determination of compound aspirin tablets on NIR spectroscopy

The application of the second most popular artificial neural networks (ANNs), namely, the radial basis function (RBF) networks, has been developed for quantitative analysis of drugs during the last decade. In this paper, the two components (aspirin and phenacetin) were simultaneously determined in compound aspirin tablets by using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and RBF networks. The total database was randomly divided into a training set (50) and a testing set (17). Different preprocessing methods (standard normal variate (SNV), multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), first-derivative and second-derivative) were applied to two sets of NIR spectra of compound aspirin tablets with different concentrations of two active components and compared each other. After that, the performance of RBF learning algorithm adopted the nearest neighbor clustering algorithm (NNCA) and the criterion for selection used a cross-validation technique. Results show that using RBF networks to quantificationally analyze tablets is reliable, and the best RBF model was obtained by first-derivative spectra.