Assessment of Beeswax Adulteration by Paraffin and Stearic Acid Using ATR-IR Spectroscopy and Multivariate Statistics—An Analytical Method to Detect Fraud

A spectroscopic investigation of beeswax adulteration by paraffin and/or stearic acid was undertaken via Attenuated Total Reflectance Infra-Red spectroscopy (ATR-IR) combined with multivariate statistical analyses. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was successfully applied for the first time as an...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Chatzipanagis, Jone Omar, Ana Boix Sanfeliu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Foods
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/2/245