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Application of a Smartphone Metabolomics Platform to the Authentication of Schisandra sinensis
Author(s) -
Kwon Hyuk Nam,
Phan HongDuc,
Xu Wen Jun,
Ko YoonJoo,
Park Sunghyouk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
phytochemical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1099-1565
pISSN - 0958-0344
DOI - 10.1002/pca.2617
Subject(s) - metabolomics , schisandra chinensis , software portability , chemistry , authentication (law) , traditional medicine , computer science , traditional chinese medicine , chromatography , medicine , computer security , alternative medicine , pathology , programming language
Herbal medicines have been used for a long time all around the world. Since the quality of herbal preparations depends on the source of herbal materials, there has been a strong need to develop methods to correctly identify the origin of materials. Objective To develop a smartphone metabolomics platform as a simpler and low‐cost alternative for the identification of herbal material source. Methodology Schisandra sinensis extracts from Korea and China were prepared. The visible spectra of all samples were measured by a smartphone spectrometer platform. This platform included all the necessary measures built‐in for the metabolomics research: data acquisition, processing, chemometric analysis and visualisation of the results. The result of the smartphone metabolomics platform was compared to that of NMR‐based metabolomics, suggesting the feasibility of smartphone platform in metabolomics research. Results The smartphone metabolomics platform gave similar results to the NMR method, showing good separation between Korean and Chinese materials and correct predictability for all test samples. Conclusion With its accuracy and advantages of affordability, user‐friendliness, and portability, the smartphone metabolomics platform could be applied to the authentication of other medicinal plants. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.