Noninvasive Assay for Cyanogenic Constituents in Plants by Raman Spectroscopy: Content and Distribution of Amygdalin in Bitter Almond (Prunus Amygdalus)
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Applied Spectroscopy
- Vol. 56 (9), 1139-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1366/000370202760295368
Abstract
The ability of Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy to measure cyanogenic glycoside amygdalin was investigated using a standard addition series in which amygdalin (0–700 nmol/mg) was added to ground sweet almond. As an additional test, the method so developed, and further refined, was used to determine endogenous amygdalin in bitter almonds. Using partial least-squares regression (PLSR), the best correlation between the spectra of the standard addition series and amygdalin content exhibited a value of 0.999, while the root mean square error of cross validation (RMSECV) was found to be 4 nmol/mg using one principal component. The model was based on the first derivative of the aromatic C–H stretching band at 3060 cm−1. A less accurate but still excellent PLSR model could be developed on the vibrational band of the nitrile group, specific for the cyanogenic compound in the system. The best PLSR model obtained for endogenous amygdalin in 17 raw bitter almonds yielded a RMSECV = 13 nmol/mg and r = 0.937. In addition, the distribution of amygdalin in bitter almond was investigated in situ by obtaining spectra of an intact cross-section of the cotyledon of bitter almond using Raman microscopy. While amygdalin was found not to be present in measurable amounts in the center of bitter almond, the concentration increased towards the epidermis, but not linearly.Keywords
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