The prevalence of lifestyle diseases and trends related to healthy eating contribute to the constant search for chemical compounds with specific biological activity. Studies are conducted on plants and substances of natural origin that have been used in medicine for millennia. Techniques of vibrational spectroscopy are an underrated group of methods enabling direct analysis of plant raw material and food in their native forms. The presented examples of Arabidopsis tissues, various species and hybrids of poplar and Cistus herb classification, as well as quantitative analyses of active compounds in plant material and pharmaceutical products and determination of physicochemical parameters of common food (i.e. milk, yoghurts, pasta and flour), demonstrate the possibility of using vibrational spectroscopy for comprehensive analysis of samples of natural origin. Typical measurement techniques and chemometric methods are briefly described in this paper. The scheme of quantitative analysis based on vibrational spectra is shown and the impact of selected experimental parameters on the accuracy of the obtained results is discussed. The imaging techniques used to analyse the changes in plant tissue structures caused by genetic mutations were also presented.
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