Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1179719 | Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems | 2012 | 11 Pages |
Independent Components Analysis (ICA) is one of the most widely used methods for blind source separation. In this paper we use this technique to facilitate the analysis of 3D- front face fluorescence spectra and to evaluate the efficiency of Nigella seed extract as a natural antioxidant compared with butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) during accelerated oxidation of edible vegetable oils at 120 °C, 140 °C, 170 °C and 190 °C.ICA has demonstrated its power to extract the most informative signals and thus to allow the interpretation of the differences observed in the corresponding IC scores between Control, BHT-spiked and Nigella-spiked samples.The results of the study clearly indicate that the natural seed extract at a level of 800 ppm exhibited antioxidant effects similar to those of the synthetic antioxidant BHT at a level of 200 ppm and thus contributes to an increase in the oxidative stability of the oil.