title: A simple method for automated pretreatment of usable chromatographic profiles in pattern-recognition procedures: application to HPAEC-PAD chromatograms of honeys.
abstract: In this article a simple method for automated pretreatment of chromatograms is presented. The resulting data matrix can be used as input for multivariate statistical analysis. Application of this method to high-performance anion-exchange chromatography-pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) chromatograms of honeys before canonical discriminant analysis results in very good performance in the data reduction with regard to the preservation of the original information content of the data. This pretreatment of the chromatogram allows for the use of all the peaks corresponding to the sugars present in the sample. This results in a high-quality discrimination between honeys of various types. A versatile program has been developed to apply this method. This serves as a starting point for software suited for food characterization and adulteration detection by semi-automatic pattern recognition applied to chromatographic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA Sophia-Antipolis), 105 route des Chappes, 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France. c.cordella@afssa.fr
authors.forename: Christophe B Y
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Cordella
authors.forename: Julio S L T
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Militão
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cabrol-Bass