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Background correction in near-infrared spectra of plant extracts by orthogonal signal correction

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In near-infrared (NIR) analysis of plant extracts, excessive background often exists in near-infrared spectra. The detection of active constitutents is difficult because of excessive background, and correction of this problem remains difficult. In this work, the orthogonal signal correction (OSC) method was used to correct excessive background. The method was also compared with several classical background correction methods, such as offset correction, multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), standard normal variate (SNV) transformation, de-trending (DT), first derivative, second derivative and wavelet methods. A simulated dataset and a real NIR spectral dataset were used to test the efficiency of different background correction methods. The results showed that OSC is the only effective method for correcting excessive background.

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Correspondence to Cheng Yi-yu.

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Project supported by the Zhejiang Province Key Technologies R & D Program (No. 021103549) and the National Key Technologies R & D Program (No. 2001BA701A45), China

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Hai-bin, Q., Dan-lin, O. & Yi-yu, C. Background correction in near-infrared spectra of plant extracts by orthogonal signal correction. J. Zheijang Univ.-Sci. B 6, 838–843 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842446

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