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Electronic Tongue for Brand Uniformity Control: A Case Study of Apulian Red Wines Recognition and Defects Evaluation
Larisa Lvova1,2, Irina Yaroshenko3, Dmitry Kirsanov4,5
1Laboratory of Artificial Sensory Systems, ITMO University, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia. larisa.lvova@uniroma2.it.
Abstract:
The potentiometric electronic tongue system has been tested as a potential analytical tool for brand uniformity control of monoculture Apulian red wines (Primitivo and Negroamaro). The sensor array was composed of eight porphyrin coatings obtained by electrochemical polymerization process and was employed for both wines discrimination and quantitative detection of wine defect compounds: "off-odour" 3-(methylthio)-propanol; isoamyl alcohol fusel oil; benzaldehyde (marker of the yeast activity) and acetic acid (marker of vinegar formation). PLS-DA applied to Electronic tongue output data has permitted a correct discrimination of more than 70% of analysed wines in respect to the original brand affiliation. Satisfactory PLS1 predictions were obtained in real wine samples; with R² = 0.989 for isoamyl alcohol and R² = 0.732 for acetic acid. Moreover; the possibility to distinguish wine samples on the base of permitted levels of fault compounds content was shown.
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